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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notas  tachniquaa  at  bibliographiquaa 


Tha  Inatituta  has  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  bast 
original  copy  avaiiabia  for  filming.  Faaturas  of  this 
Lopy  which  may  ba  bibliographicaliy  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagas  in  tha 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
tha  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


D 


D 


D 
D 


D 


D 


Colou/ed  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommagie 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurie  et/ou  peillculAe 


□    Cover  title  missing/ 
Le 


titre  de  couverture  manque 


I      I    Coloured  maps/ 


Cartes  g^ographiques  en  couleur 


□    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (I.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

I      I    Coloured  platea  and/or  illustrations/ 


Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reli6  avec  d'autres  documents 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadowa  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liure  serr^e  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distortion  le  long  de  la  marge  int^rieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certalnes  pages  blanches  ajouttes 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaisaent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  iorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  6t6  filmdes. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplimentaires; 


L'Inatitut  a  microfilm^  le  mellleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lul  a  4tA  poaalbla  de  se  procurer.  Lea  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographlque,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dana  la  mithoda  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquAs  cl-dessous. 


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This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmi  au  taux  de  reduction  indiquA  ci-dessous. 


Coloured  pagea/ 
Pagea  de  couleur 

Pagea  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagAes 

Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  reataurias  et/ou  pellicuiies 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  dicolories,  tachatiea  ou  piquAes 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ditachtes 

Showthrough/ 
Tranaparance 


I      I    Quality  of  print  varies/ 


Quality  InAgaia  de  i'impreaaion 

Includea  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  material  suppldmantalre 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 


Pagea  wholly  or  partially  obacurad  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  ref limed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Lea  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  M  filmtes  A  nouveau  de  fapon  d 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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Th«  copy  filmed  h«r«  hat  b««n  raproducad  thanka 
to  tha  ganaroaity  of: 

Univtrtity  of  Victoria 


L'axamplaira  film*  fut  raproduit  grlca  k  la 
ginAroait*  da: 

University  of  Victoria 


Tha  Imagaa  appearing  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poaaibia  conaidr/ring  tha  condition  and  lagiblllty 
of  tha  original  «;opy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spaclflcatlona. 


Original  coplaa  in  prlntad  papar  eovara  ara  fllmad 
beginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  prlntad  or  llluatratad  impraa- 
tlon,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriate.  All 
othar  original  coplaa  ara  fllmad  beginning  on  the 
f  Irat  page  with  a  prlntad  or  llluatratad  impree- 
aion.  and  ending  on  the  laat  page  with  a  printed 
or  llluatratad  Impraealon. 


Lea  images  suivantaa  ont  Ati  raproduitaa  avac  Is 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  st 
da  la  netteti  de  raxamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformit*  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmage. 

Lea  axempiairea  origlnaux  dont  ia  couvartura  on 
papier  eat  imprimta  sont  filmis  an  commanpant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
derni4re  paga  qui  comporte  une  smpreinta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  aalon  le  caa.  Toua  las  autrea  axampiaires 
origlnaux  sont  filmis  an  commandant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  ampreinte 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  tarminant  par 
ia  derniire  pege  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  leat  recorded  frame  on  eech  microfiche 
shell  contain  the  symbol  -^  (meening  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliea. 

Mapa,  platea.  charta.  etc..  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratioa.  Thoae  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  expoaure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framea  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrama  illuatrata  the 
method: 


Un  dea  symbolea  suivants  apparaltra  sur  la 
darnlAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  salon  le 
caa:  la  symbole  — »•  signifie  "A  SUiVRE".  la 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planchea,  tabieeux,  etc.,  peuvent  ins 
filmte  A  des  taux  de  rMuction  diffirents. 
Loraque  le  document  eat  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  il  est  filmA  d  partir 
de  I'angle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite, 
et  de  haut  an  baa,  an  prenant  le  nombre 
d'imegea  nteeaaaira.  Lea  diagrammes  suivants 
illuatrent  la  mAthoda. 


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Willi      A     (  itI'V     ol'     Tin:     INDKNIIKK 


CAMBRIDGE 

rUKSS    OF    JOHN    WILSON    AND    SON 

1870 


UNIVIRSITY  OF  VICTORIA 

LIBRARY 

Victoria,    B    C. 


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r)«('  hniidrcil  €oj)i'rs  rrpr!iiti',l  from  the  l>,ocrr(Iiu;/s  of  the  Mms<icftu- 
sdls  lltsloriciil  Society  for  Mtiy,  1^70. 


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NOTKS  RELATING   TO   DAVID  THOMSON. 


he  Maxsiichu- 


SoMK  two  or  three  years  ago,  the  Iloti.  Rom  iir  C  WrNTiiiiop, 
rri'sidciit  of  tlie  Miissacliiiscfts  Historical  Socifly,  placcil  in  my  liaiuls 
all  old  parclimriil  tlt'td,  —  dixcovciTd  anionic  liis  rich  aiicc.Htial  treas- 
ures of  a  like  character, —  which  lit^  said  coiitaiiicfl  ihc  iiaiiic,  amoiij^ 
others,  of  David  Thomson.  I  found  it,  on  examination,  to  \n'  an 
inih'iitni'i;,  dated  1  Itii  Decemhcr,  H'r2'2,  hetwcen  David  Thomson,  of 
JMynioiith,  of  the  one;  i.art,  and  three  ine..'haiits,  —  vi/.,  Ahrahain 
C  iilmer,  Nicholas  Sherwill.  and  Leonard  I'oinery,  also  of  I'lymonlh, 
—  of  the  other  jiart.  This  parchment,  17  hy  20  inches  in  size,  was 
that  part  of  the  indenture  which  contained  the  covenants  and  the 
sij^natures  of  the  three  merchants  jnst  named.  An  exai^  copy  of  the 
docunu!iit  h  •'iven  helow  ;  hut,  in  onU'r  that  the  reader  may  gut  ut  ita 
meaniinf  in  f«!\ver  words,  1  will  here  <;ivt!  a  rrsniint  of  it. 

The  indenture  recites  that  the  Council  for  New  Kii«f|and  had  ^fraiited 
to  David  Thomson,  under  date  of  tin;  Kith  Octoher,  1(»22,  six  thousand 
acres  of  land  and  one  island  in  New  England ;  and  that  Thomson 
had  ahsolutely  conveyed  one-fourth  part  of  the  island  to  the  three 
merchants  of  Plymouth  named,  with  covenants  to  convey  in  fee  simple 
the  fourth  part  of  the  six  thousand  acres.  In  consideration  whereof,  it 
is  agreed  h((tween  the  parties  as  follows:  — 

First,  That  the  three  merchants  will,  at  their  own  charge,  this 
pres(!iit  year,  provide  and  send  two  men,  with  Thomson,  in  the  slii[> 
".loiiathan,  of  riyiuouth,"  to  New  Kngland ;  with  victuals  and  pro- 
visions, »fcc.,  as  shall  suHice  them  till  they  are  landed.  And,  if  they 
land  there  within  the  space  of  three  months  after  the  ship  shall  pass 
liam  Head  (a  promontory  just  outside  of  Plymouth  Sound),  the  residui! 
of  the  three  months'  victuals  shall  be  delivered  to  Thomson  at  his  land- 
ing, there  to  he  disjMJsed  of  by  him  towards  finding  u  fit  plaie  for  the 
intended  haI»itatioii,  and  also  to  beiiin  the  same. 

tSvcond  The  three  merchants  will  this  present  year,  at  their  own 
chal'ge,  [)rovide  and  send  three  men  more,  iu  the  ship  "  Providence,"  of 


iftoaai 


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I'lyiiiDiitli,  if  tlii-y  may  lu*  »>  sunn  frotti'ii.  or  in  somi>  ()ilit>r  Hliip,  wiili 
\\n'  fit'si  cxiiciIitiDii  tliiki  limy  lie,  tu  New  Kiii:laii<l ;  tlic  cliurgi's ot' tlit-so 
tliri'f  iiH'ii  tit  III'  liiit'iii'  n|iially  l)y  all  llir  |iai'ticH. 

Thiiil,  Twii  iiicii  iiiiirc  art'  to  Ih*  si'iii  thin  iiiisciif  yciir  in  tin-  "Joim- 
tliaii."  iIk!  clinryi's  of  tlinn  to  he  lioriii'  liy  all  tin-  parlifH  j'(|nally. 

Fniiiili.  As  soon  as  'I'lioiiisoii  and  lliu  seven  men  ar»!  lamled  in 
N(!W  Kn;;l)mil,  lie  sliall,  as  soon  iirt  convenient,  liinl  out  a  lit  plaee  to 
make  clioiee  of  the  six  tlioiistiixl  iiereH  of  liiiiil,  iiml  a  lit  plaeo  to  suttlo 
mill  eiert  siiine  lioiises  or  iMiililiiiL's  for  lialiitatioiis,  anil  to  he^rin  iju, 
same.  Ailjoiiiiii;;  the>e  l)iiililiii;ir>.,  there  ^hall  Ite  allolteil,  before  tlio 
em!  of  live  year>,  six  liniiiln  il  acres  of  laml,  which,  with  nil  the  hiiilil- 
in;;s  and  every  iliinir  a|)|iertiiiiiiiiir  to  them,  shall,  at  the  end  of  siiid  livu 
years,  i)e  divided  ei|iially  lietween  all  tlie|iarlies;  and  all  the  cliai'i^es 
for  liiiildini;,  |ilaiiliiiL:.  aMil  husliandini;',  iVc,  i|itrin]L{  that  time,  stiali  lie 
et|iially  lioriie  Iiy  all.  The  residue  of  the  six  thousand  acres  to  ho 
also  divided  in  a  coiivenieiil  time  lielwecn  the  p.-M'tios  in  fmir  parts, 
whereof  ThoniMdi  i>  to  liavu  tliree-fonrths.  and  the  other  three  partit's 
one-liiiirth. 

F!l'tli.  At  the  end  live  years,  th(!  island  shall  he  dividtMl  in  four 
parts,  whereof  Tliom  i  i^  to  have  three  parts,  and  thu  others  oiiu 
part. 

SIjIIi.  Three-foiirtlis  of  the  charjie  for  planting,',  hiishandin;;,  and 
liiiildin;ir  on  the  suiil  island,  shall  bo  borne  by  Thomson,  and  uiie-lourtli 
by  the  other  parties. 

Scrciif/i.  All  the  proUts  diirin^:^  the  five  years  that  may  arise  on  the 
si.x  hundred  acres,  by  liHliiiii^,  tradin,:^,  &,v.,  shall  be  ilivided  eipially; 
only  the  merchants  shall   liavt;  liberty  to  employ  ships  to  lish  at  llieir 


own  charife,  i 


f  ri 


loinso 


n  does  not  bear  his  shait?  of  siii'h  char':e. 


Eighth.  All  iieiielits  and  [trotits  arisini,'  diirin<f  the  live  years  on  tin; 
residue  of  the  six  tlioiisaml  acres,  and  on  tlii!  island,  shall  be  divided 
ainoiif^  them;  Thomson  to  have  tlirei!  parts,  and  the  others  one  part. 
Kacli  of  them  sliall,  on  reipiest,  deliver  a  just  account  of  his  receipts 
and  payments  during  the  live  years. 

The  throe  merchants  named  in  this  covenant  are  persons  well  known 
in  till-  history  of  Plymouth,  in  Knuland. 

Abraham  Coliner  (or  C'olman)  was  .Mayor  of  that  town  in  1015 
and  ill  1()27.  and  Alderman  in  1()2(».  Nicholas  Sherwell  was  Mayor 
in  I  (lis,  l(')2.s.  and  KvlT.  In  H".2.'»,  "  Thos.  and  Xic  Sherwell  erected, 
founded,  and  established  the  Ilospitall  of  Orphans'  Aid"  in  that  city. 
liCoiiard  I'oinery  was  a  ineml)er  of  the  Council  in  1()12,  and  Mayor 
in  ICtio.     On  the  22d  March,  K'loO,  the  ship  "Jonathan,  of  I'lymouth," 


J 


ut  1.'»<I  tuns,  is  liiciiliiiiH'il  a<4  nwiinl  liy  Nirlioliis  SliiTWcH  :iiii|  Aliiii- 
liain  CoNmiht.  "  Mr.  l-'itwdl,"  |ii'nli!il)ly  .Fuliii.  uni'  ul'  ilir  u  iliic'^is  to 
the  Mraliri;;  iiinl  <l<'livcriii;;  ol'  tlio  iiidi'iitiiic,  was  ■■'I'liwii  Claikr"  itf 
I'lyiiiinitli  ill  |i;i-.'.« 

David  'riioiiisDii  liiinsi'lt  is  too  wrll  known  in  tin-  railv  lii>tiii'v  nt' 
New  Kn;;laiiil,  to  iH'cd  s|Mrinl  iiiciitioii  Ihtc.  He  caiiH'  over  in  ilio 
H|)i-iii<{  of  ll');i>'l,  mid  Hi'ttlnl  at  a  plactt  called  "  Ijttlc  llariior,"  mi  tin' 
west  hidi^  oC  l'isratai|iia  Kivrr,  wlirn-  hi'  is  t'lnind  in  llial  yi'ar  liv 
KoJMTt  (lorjji's  and  iiy  ('liristo|iln'r  I.rvitt.  Aliuiit  llic  year  Itl'Ji'i.  Iio 
look  posscssioii  of  tlif  island  in  lloston  llarliur  wliiili  now  lirai-  liis 
naiiHS  wIm'I-c  lie  hooii  aft«>i- dicijjravin;;  a  wifraiid  an  infant  ^nn  to  wlinm 
tli(t  (lUiifi'al  (*ourt  of  Massiii'liiisittH  siilis(>i|n(>nlly  ;ri'antrd  lliis  i»!aiid. 
Ill     Holicrt    (lor^^i'H's    |iat('iit.   lie    in  styled    '"David    'I'licnii^oii,   miit." 


Wiiislow  calls  liini  a  *'  Scotrliniaii 


III  this  indenture.  In-  is  descrihcd 


ew 


ax  of  *' I'lynioiilli."  His  name  in  often  inenlioncd  in  tli*^  liecordH  of  the 
('(iiiiicil  for  Ni!W  Kii;,dand.  lie  a|»|»eiir.s  to  have  iieeii  actively  ein|)loyc  d 
ill  a  conliileiitial  ('a|iiu'ity  us  a  nort  of  at;ent  or  niesseiiger  of  thc!  coiii- 
|iaiiy. 

On  tlio  "»th  of  .Inly,  l<»-''i,  "  It,  is  ordered  that  David  Thonisoii  do 
attciiil  tlii^  Lords,  with  a  petition  to  his  Majesty  for  forfeits  coininiited 
l»y  'riioiiias  Weston.  As  also  to  solicit  the  Lords  tor  |ii(iciiriiiLr  fidiii 
hirt  majesty  a  proclamation  concerniiij;  the  risherini'ii  of  the  wi>trin 
parts.  Likewise  to  procure  soims  courst;  for  punishing;  their  coiitnnpt 
of  authority." 

On  till!  24th  of  July,  "Mr.   Tlionisoii  is  appointed  to  attend  ilu! 
Lords,  for  a  warrant  to  Mr.  Attorney-Geiiural  for  tlrawim;  the  i 
patent." 

Oil  thc  Stli  of  Noveinher,  "  Mr.  'riioinson  is  onlered  to  pay  unto 
Leo.  I'eddock  £10  towards  his  pains  for  his  last  employments  to 
Mew  Kiii^land." 

On  the  II  til  of  XovcMuher,  "  Mr.  Thomson  is  appointed  to  attend 
Sir  Koliert  Maiisell,"  (;oii('eriiiiii;  Captain  S.piihhs'.s  commission. 

On  the  I-nh  of  November,  "Mr.  'riiomson  ami  the  clerk"  are 
directed  to  ".seethe  tiiii  of  iron  weighed,"  to  he  sent  to  Whitby.  And 
on  the  same  day  "  Mr.  Thomson  is  appointed  to  solicit  Cajit.  Love 
to  pay  ill  the  £40  for  which  Sr.  Saiiil.  Argall  stamleth  enifajfed,"  t.V:c. 

Oil  the  IGth  of  November,  "It  is  ordered  that  Mr.  Thomson  solicit 

*  See  "A  History  of  Plyinoutli,"  by  Lk-wellyiin  .Icwctt,  F.S.A.,  187:!.  j.]). 
11'),  147,  152,  1(55,  107,  171,  170;  Cal.  S.  1'.  Doinu.stk:,  1(W(J,  p.  511;  lO.JiJ,  p. 
li)8  ;  10.]7,  p.  0  ;   1038,  p.  007. 


n 


till'  (ulvrnlnrort  lor  luiyincnf  iiiof  tln'ir  mniioys  "  5  nml  iiimIi'  iIh-  MiiiiMt 
«liili',  "  Mr. 'IIioiimom'n  piiriiit  wuh  llii*  ilny  Hi^^mil  hy  tlm  iil»u\.    siiiil 

C.MUl.il." 

On  iIh'  .'M  of  I) mill  r,  "  Mr.  'riioiii-.oii  |»ro|»oiiiMlitli  lo  liiivr  onlcr 

(Voiii  lln-  Coiiiiril  fur  ir.iii^portatioii  o|  ti'ii  |iiMNnii<<  uilli  tin-  [irovi-ioiiH 
for  Niw  Kiiyliiinl.  Ami  i\w  iH-rsoim  ho  (riuix|Mirli'"l  lo  pay  tin-  Couiu'il 
iIk!  iihiiiiI  rate  tin  lluir  traiiH|iortatioii,  atl«-r  tliu  «>xiMrulioii  of  two 
yt'lirH." 


'I' 


IH   III! 


Il'llt 


iin-,  M«<  will  In-  sf( 


■II,  rrcitcH  a  ''rant   fium  llic  Coiincil  of 


NfW  Kn;:laiiil  lo  'riminsun.  nmlcr  <lalr  of  jtllli  Ocinlin.  |i'>-'-'.  'I'lio 
K*i'i'iii'(U  1)1'  ilii>  Coiiiiril  <.|iou  no  u'l'Miit  to  liitn  iiimIi'I'  ilial  ilalr  ;  lnit 
uml.r  lilili  .Xovi'iiilirr  Wf  irail,  "  .Mr. 'rii">inMon\  |iatint  was  lliin  ijay 
Hi<jni'i|  l)V  tin*  aliovr  saiil  ( 'oiimil."  It  iiiny  liav*'  lurii  ijrawn  in  tlic 
linsioim  inonlli.  ami  llir  dali'  inxrtfil,  lint  not  ...iL'nnI  till  lalrr. 

That  tlic  wlioli!  |iroi;rainiin'  imlii-atfil  in  tliis  indinhiri'  wa^  carricil 
out  acconlin;;  lolls  tcrins.  I  slioiilil  liosital)'  loallinn.  Hut  that  tlir  jirt!- 
liiiiinaricH  of  it  wm-  I'littMcil  ii|>oii,  tliiii'  i-<  no  reason  to  ijoiilit.  'I'M 4 
ill.'  .i.»  •>•(.  was  cxcciitfd  ill  two  parts.  Tlu'  part  Infoif  11s.  si;iiiiil  l»y 
ti.  noiilli  im  rcliants,  Ih'Ioiii;ciI  lo 'I'lioiiison,  was  liroii^^'lit  over  with 

liiin.  ...Ill  iil'lfr  liis  ilratli,  in  Massachusetts.  foiiii(l  its  way  to  tin-  possoH- 
nion  of  Uovtsriior  Wintlirop.  It  may  iiavt;  Im'oii  used  incidentally,  aM 
cvideiic(!  in  tlic  siilise(|iieiit  controversy  alioiil  'riioinsoii's  Island.  Tlio 
assistance  aiirced  upon  at  tlie  outset  iiy  tlie  ineicliants  niiist  liavc  Iteeii 
atlorded.  It  is  not  likely  that  Tliomson  would  have  come  1  ver  williout 
assistance  ;  and  lure  w«!  tiiid  tliu  njrreciiieiit  for  tliu  rcquisUo  aid,  iiiado 
hy  responsible  incrtliaiits,  en<:rossed  on  parchineiil.  and  the  iiiiuie  of  tho 
vessel  ^'ivcn  to  he  einployed  in  the  transportation  of  him  and  the  men 
to  he  sent  ov<r  in  their  service. 

In  the  extracts  cited  ahovo  from  the  Records  of  the  C'omicil  fur  New 
Knuland,  where  Thomson's  namo  so  often  appears  from  .Inly  to 
Di'cemlier.  HV2'2,  the  two  last  entries  indicaK^  hi-;  plans  and  inteiilioiirt 
rcspectinji  New  Kni,dand.  After  the  ."id  of  Dccemher,  his  name  disap- 
pears from  the  Uecords.*      lie  was  prepiiriiiif  lo  yo  to  New   England, 


*  L'niicr  dati'  i)t'  tliu  -otii  ut'  lln"  t'ollowinn  Fi-'iriiiiry,  tlic  clerk  was  onlcri'il 
to  ciill  ii])!)!!  Mr.  Collinijwouil  (who  liuil  I'oniicrl.v  ln'cn  cliTk  of  tlic  Ciiinicil,  Imt 
now  WHS  dork  of  tlie  Virginia  (oiiiiiaiiy )  for  a  cop^'  of  Sir  .loliii  Hriicc's  ]iateiit. 
'I'lie  elerk  makes  tlie  followiiiff  iiieMioranilimi  :  "  Mr.  Colliiifiwooii  an.swereil  1110 
tliat  he  liatli  ilelivt-reil  all  the  liooks  to  Sir  Kenl.  (ioryes  ami  to  Mr.  'I'lioiusoii  "; 
tiial  is,  i«oiiie  time  pivvioiitily. 


V 


itiiil  wiiM  iKiw  (M)i|iloy<><I  lit  Plyiiiiiiilli  ill  iii:ikiii>;  iii-nui^'i-iiMMitt  for  tin* 
\(>yii;;c.      Ili'<  itMliiiliin>  with  til)'   iiiirrliiiiit'*  ii  ilili  i|   iIh'  I  tili  ni'   tlmt 

tlliililll,  ill  wllii'll  liny  iiU'l'*'*'  lllitt  till'  Vi'oM'l  ill  wlliili  he  \\;l'«  In  Im' 
tlikiiH|Mii'ti'tl  to  N«-w  Kii;;l:kiiil,  tlii>  "  .liihiithiiii,  lit'  I'lMnnitlh,"  <hiiii!>l 
In>  Mi'iil  "  tliiH  prr-x'iit  year,"  wliicli  ciiilfil  nii  tlii'2lth  .M;iirli.  In  utiw 
iiKiiitlis  tiitur,  W(t  llml  'riiiiiiiHoii  liiiiiscir  lutrc* 


*  'I'lif  t'lirlicDl  iiiilici'  iif  Diiviil 'riiiiiiiiiDirM  |iur|io»>  rcK|H'ctiii^  Ni'W  Kiitfliiinl 
in  In  till'  Iti'i'iinU  lit' t lie  CiMiiicil  for  New  Kiiuliiinl,  iiinlcr  ilato  of  l*itli  NnVfiii- 
litT.  lii'J'J.  "  Mr.  'riiiiiii|i<iin''«|mti'Mt  wiin  tliUilnv  «iutuil  liy  llic  iilmvi'  i.ai<l  ('miii- 
I'il."  'riicii  iiinlcr  iliili'  III'  iM  Di'i'i'iiilicr,  "  Mr.  'I'liiiiii|i->iiii  |irii|Hiiiiiil('ili  in  liiivi> 
iinlrr  I'rniii  IIk>  Ciiiiiii'il  I'ur  truiii<|iiirtiiiioii  of  10  |H'rHiiii«  with  llic  |iriivii)liiiiM  for 
Ni'W  I'iii^liiiiil,  Ami  till'  pcrKiiiiH  mi  ti'iiiiM|i<irli'il  to  pnv  tlit-  Cnuiii'i!  tlic  ii<<ii.il 
riiU'  fur  tlu'ir  traii>|Miitaii(iii,  ii(i>'r  cxpinition  of  2  yt'iirH."  .Vixt  Inlloui  the 
iiiili  iilurt'  111  fori'  u«,  iliili'il  lltli  D.'iciiilu'r,  lii."_',  roiitiiiiiiiiK  llii'  unri'i'iiunt  lo 
Ni'ii'l  riionipKon  out  to  Ni'W  Mii^l.tinl  in  llir  i.liip".Foiiiiiliim,""  tjii^  prfiiit  vi'ur."' 
Ill  till'  pati'iit  to  lloliort  (iiirKi'H,  nf  :t(Hli  Dcci'inln'r  of  tlii«  yi-iir,  "  David 
'riioninoii,  (iciit.,"  iH  autii<iri/i'ii  to  put  liorui'i*  in  pii'<Mi"<Mii>ii  of  ilu'  pri'iiii<r<i, 

'I'lu'  i>iirlii>Mt  iKitici'  of  'riioiiixon'H  liciii^  in  .New  Kn^'liinil  in  in  WiiiiiIow'm 
"  (iooil  Ni'WH,"  piilili!<lii'il  in  IH'JI.  In  ili'Miriliiii;;  I'Vi'iitn,  iippart'iitly  in  llii> 
HiiiiiMii'r  of  l(l'J:i,  111'  xiiyn  ;  "At  tlii'  Naiiii'  tiini',  ( 'aptain  Siamlijili,  liciiij.'  toniu'rly 
iinploycil  liy  till'  (ioviTiior  to  liny  priivi.'<ion.'«  tor  tlie  ri'l'ri'iliiiiK  nt  tlio  Colony, 
nturiu'il  with  the  Haini',  ncconipunii'il  with  oiiu  Mr.  Ihirid  Tmimni ,  a  Hcotili- 
niiin,  wild  iiIho  tliiit  Nprin^  lu'i^nn  ii  pliintalioii  twuntytlvc  Icai^ui*^  Northcaot 
from  IIH,  ni'ur  Sinith'M  Ik'H.at  ii  piaci'  cullcil  I'lisi-aldijmuk,  wlicri'  hi'  likctli  well." 
(iovcrnor  liriiillonl,  in  Mpiukint;  of  WcNtoii'ii  C'nioiiy,  uiuIit  ilalc  of  lil'J;l,  Huyi«, 
"  'riit'ri'  were  aino  thiK  yi'ar  Home  scattcriitj;  lii';,'imiiiij{s  nni'li'  in  oIIut  placiH,  \\n 
at  l'aHl<ataway,  liy  Mr.  Daviil  Tlionisoii.at  Monhittcn,  anil  miiik?  otiifr  plari"<,  liy 
Hiinilry  otluTit."  lirailloril  aUo  Hpi'aki*  of  tint  arrival  of  (ior){i'it  in  tliu  Hay 
(if  MiiHHai'liiiHi'tt!),  alioiit  till'  inidillo  of  Scpti'inlu'r,  Idli;!;  of  liis  comini;  to 
I'lyinoiith,  anil  of  IiIm  ilualin^'-*  vvitii  Weston;  finally,  of  his  ri'tiirniiiK  t'l'uni  the 
fiistwanl  "towards  the  Bprin)^"(at.  which  tiiiic  lu'  visiti'il  Thoinson,  a»  wo 
liarn  tVoiii  rhristo]ilii'r  licvctt),  anil  ri'storiii),'  to  Wi'ston  his  vessel  which  ho 
hail  taken  from  him.  ChriHtophor  Levett,  who  eamo  over  here  in  I'iL'o,  return- 
ing next  year,  KiiyH  :  "  The  noxt  iilaoe  I  canio  unto  wax  I'aiinaway,  whore  oiio 
M.  'roinson  hath  iiiaile  a  plantation.  Tliero  I  .stayed  ationt  one  month.  .  .  . 
At  this  place  I  met  with  the  (iovornor  ((ior^resj,  who  came  thither  in  a  liark 
which  ho  had  from  one  M.  WoMtoti,  about  twenty  dayH  lioforo  I  arrived  in  the 
land.  .  .  .  The  Governor  told  me  that  I  was  joined  with  him  in  cominissinn  as  a 
oouiisellor,  which  heiiiK  road  I  found  it  wa.-t  so.  And  he  then,  in  the  iireseiico 
of  three  inoro  of  tlio  Council,  administered  unto  me  an  oath."  Hradlord  says 
that  Admiral  West,  Levett,  and  the  Governor  of  I'lymouth,  for  the  time  heinjx. 
Were  named  in  (iorj^es's  coinmission  as  his  Council ;  hut  (jorsfcs  had  power  "  to 
choose  such  other  as  he  should  find  fit."  West  at  this  time  had  left  New  I",n;,'land, 
and  (lovernor  Hradford  does  not  appear  to  have  heeii  jireseiit  at  I'iscatai|ua,  so 
that  (iorgos  must  have  availed  himself  of  his  privile;;e  to  elct  others  to  till 
tho.so  vacancies.  It  has  hoeii  said  that  (Jovernor  Gorges  at  this  time  ornani/ed  his 
government  for  all  New  Kntfland.    The  administering  of  the  oath  to  I<evett  was 


I 


* 


WiliKliiw.  ill  liJH  "(ioiHl  Ni'U't."  xtiyn  iliiit  rit<iiii«)ii  l)i'^:iii  lii<  pliiii* 
liiliuii  ill  ilic  "-iirint;"  nt'  I *'>'.'.'{,  'I'lic  ".lniiiilliiiii"  umiiIiI,  no  iliiiil)!.  Ih< 
(lltfil  tiiil  liy  Im'I'  iiWIM'Ix  till-  livliihi;  ii|M)n  llir  <'iiii»t  nt'  N«-\\  Kii^liiiiil, 
ilt^ir  liii\ili;:  liiiiilril  III  I- tV)  i;,'lit  at  l'i»i':itiii|iiik  Kivcr  :  mii'li  jjiiiiTitl  iiiliii- 
lliiii  III  iii!^  i'X|iii'<.K('il  ill  llii'  iiuli  iiliiii  ,  li\  nil  ii-rri'fihinl  lli;tt  iIkv  iiii;:til 
|iili>iii'  dial  liii»iii('n,s,  iiiil('|u'iii|rii(ly  nt  'I'Iiiiiiimiii.  it  Im>  iliil  lint  cIhmisii 
to  iN'ar  |iiirt  of  llii*  rliiir^i'.  A*i  it  wnn  altvavN  ilminilili*  to  rt'iii'li  lliu 
lixliiii;'  {{I'oiiiiiU  early,  liy  ili*'  hi  nt'  Mmli  rrrtainly,  i'oi'  llii'  llr<t  nra- 
Hoii  lit'  Ni'W  Kii;;laiiil  tUliinu,  tlm  vchm'I  wniilil  In*  likdy  to  Miil  w*  rally 
n-*  .laimaiy.* 

lixi'iy  lliin;;  llim't'iiri' iiiiiiliiiii'N  to  iiiakr  it  liiMioiically  rritaiii  tliat 
'riiniii>oii  raiiH'iivi'i'  iK'nuiliii;.'  tit  lilt  ii;;rt'i'iii«'iit  inailt*  in  lliii*  liMlciiliir<>. 
'I'll  llifMi'  roiiMiiliTatiiiiiN  ii  may  li<*  mMril  tliat  tlin  tlii'oiy  wliirli  Iiiih 
rsiolnl  till'  marly  a  liiiiiiliid  yraiw  that  'riiuiiiMiii  caiiii'  uvrr  in  lint 
i'iii|i|iiyini'ni  nt  ilic  l.amni.i  (  iiiii|iaiiy,  —  ii  tlnmy  |ii'iiiiiiil;.Mtcil  li\  llin 
ai'i'iini|iliKlM'il  l(i'lkna|i, —  has  iin  t'liiiinlatinii  in  tniili,  ami  hail  Ikimi 
r\|ilnilnl  ImTiH'i'  tin*  iliHiovrry  nt'  thin  'riinm^nli  imlintlllf.  'I'linlilHOll 
hail   nniuMil   I'mm    I'lsrataiina  to   .Ma>)«iii'liii<«cttH    liny,  anil   Inul  dii'd 


tin  rr,  III  I'lii'i'   ill 


iruiiia  ('niii|i:iiiy  was    in   i-xisliint' 


It.'Iki 


nap  nil- 


ilniihtrilly  ai|ii|itnl  tlii>  tlirnry  as  an  inl't'irncr  IVniii  soiih'  |ta>»ap's  in 
lliihlianrs  llisdiiy  nt'  New  Knirlanil.  Historical  t'actH  scfin  ot'tcii  to 
ha\f  lain,  in  llnlihanrs  iniml,  in  a  lousr  ami  cliantic  form:  y*-t  In;  ap- 
prais  to  have  cnint'  MiiiU'where  near  llii!  triilli,  wlirii  lu*  HayH,  "  In  tlio 


nil  tlint  apiH'iirii  to  Imvc  liecii  ilono  Ikto,  lie  liinl  nrKiiiii/.i'il  lii"  ;;iivernini>nt 
hcfnrc  ftoiii^'  Id  l'iiicatii(|uu,  «o  tur  im  to  cull  a  nii'ctiii^  of  tlic  iiHuiNtaiitH  nt 
I'lynininli,  himI  to  nnlcr  Ilic  iirrc»t  iiml  trial  of  W'l'Hton  ;  ami  ciinn  iiftiT,  on  liii« 
return  to  ^la^sm■llus^'lts,  to  issuo  liix  wurruiit  for  liin  sccoiul  urrcut,  aiiil  for  llio 
nclxiire  of  lii«  vcnhuI.  "  At  tlic  tiiiiu  I  otayi'il  witli  M.  Tiaiiion,"  Riiy*  Lcvett,  "  I 
Miirvi'vi'il  im  tiiifl>  iix  |io!>iiilili'  I  coiiji],  tlic  wiiillicr  liciiij;  iniHcasoiiiililc'  iiml  very 
niuili  Hiiow."  ihiit  WHS  in  tliv  winter  of  lti"j;i-2t.  Levell'n  ligok  \\m  jiublinla'il 
in  1H-.U 

III  the  siiinnier  of  KlL';!,  Wenton  wan  cnut  away  on  tlio  cnMterii  const,  nml, 
Ix'iii^'  stripiieil  of  IiIm  clotlies  liy  (lie  Iniliuiai,  "  f;ot  to  I'nxciituiiiiuck,  ami 
liorrowed  n  suit  of  clotlit'd,  nml  not  means  to  come  to  I'lymoiitli,"  nays  Urnil- 
t'onl.  I'liineas  I'ratt  also  viititcil  'riiomsoii  Home  time  iliirin^  tliiH  year,  nfter 
Wesfoii'n  colony  liail  been  ilispersed  tlint  sjiriiitf.  His  narrative  wan  imlilislieil 
only  a  few  years  nfo,  in  1H&8. 

*  Captain  .John  Sniilli  nays  Hint  Man^li,  Aiirll,  nml  May,  ami  Seiitember, 
Octolier,  iiml  NdveniluT,  are  the  months  for  New  lainlaml  tishin^  ;  June  ami 
•Inly  tor  fisliinj;  nt  Newfoiimilaml.  Aiiihrose  (iihhoim,  in  his  letter  to  tlio 
Laconia  lu-oprietors,  lit  July,  lO;!!!,  says  that  the  ships  must  lie  sure  "  to  l)e  at 
their  fiNliiiif:  plate  the  luuiimin}?  of  Fehniary."  (A  IJescription  of  N.K.,  pp. 
17,  IH;  lVovimi;il  I'apers  relatintf  to  N.  II.,  1,  HI.) 


9 


yt'iir  \ni''\,  «omi'  mrnliniif,  ulNiiit  IMniiniitli  timl  tlir  «.■.(  „f  Kiijliml 

fiflll  nvt'f  Ml.  h;i\i<l  '|'u||i«iili,  II  Scult'liliiiih,  III  Id  .{ill  :i  IM  Mitilliiili 
iiliiiill  l'ii»inl;ii|i|it,"  «.V<'.  Itilt  ill  iiiiitllii'i-  |)iii'l  iii'  lii^  lliiiliiry,  ill  liii« 
iiiilrtitiili'   iitnl  ;.'i'iii'r:(li/!li){   wiiy,  Im*  miyt :  — 

"  HiiiiH'  incri'liiiiitt  ami  hIIht  iri'iitlriiifii  In  tin-  Mi-"!  <<f  Kiiul.iii'l.  Iiilniiir- 
in.'  Ill  tin- «'ilii"«  nl'   Kxrtir,  Hri^lnl,  ;iii>l  >liii  W'.liiny.  iiml  l.iwn^  .i|'  \'\\. 

iihiiiili,  Itiii'i'lii'sti'i,  \c Ii.kvinu  iilit  liiM'il  |iati'iil'«  l'i>i-Ki'Vi'r;il  |i;it'li  <if 

till'  I'liiiniry  iif  \i-w  Kiiuiiiinl,  .  .  .  miikIi'  nuiih'  iitti-iii|it  <if  lif^inniii'^  li 
|>liiiitiitiiiti  in  Hiiiiic  |ilact>  aliiiiit  l'iif*i-iit;ii|iia  Itivn-,  almiit  tln'  yi'nr  I't'Jl. 
.   .  .  Till  y  Mciit  nvir  lliiil  yiiinnir  Mr.  DiiNid  I'liciiiii-xuii,  wjili  .Mr.  Ivlwur.l 

lliitiiii  iiihI  Ills  liiiitlit'i',  Mr.  NN'iiliaiii  lliilun,  wh.i  ||.i<|  I n  ri<.|iii|iinui'r!« 

ill  l.oiiiloii,  will)  MiiiiH-  ulliirH,  tjiat  c'liiii'  iiluiiu  \>illi  th  in.  I'liniinlti-il  with 
iii'ciH'^.irir"*  I'lir  I  airyiiii;  mi  a  |i!;iiilarnin  lliiTi-.      I'n-^iilils  'iilnrH  iiiiulil  In- 


Mint  at'trr  llniii  in  tin-  vcarn  tnllnwiiiu',   ID'.' I   ami   I  ij. 


i;  Miiiiic  1) 


I'  \\\ 


nun 

VVl'Ht 


lirNt,  ill  |iriilialiility,  mi/.t'il  on  a  |ila<'i'  eaiiiil  tin*  Lilll>'  IIhiImm',  dii  lln 

Miilt'  iif  l'a.Hratai|iia  Itivrr,  tnwanl,  ur  at,  lln-  imnitli  tlii*i f;  tlic  IlilliiiH, 

in  lln  iin>an  Mliili*.  Mctliii;;  iip  tlnir  .sta'^f-t  lii^'licr  iiji  tin'  rivrr,  towaiii  llic 
mn'tliwi'Mt,  al  iir  aliiint  a  |ilai'i'  ^iin'r  imI1i''I  Hhmt.  KiiI.  at  ili.it  iil.tir 
(■alirii  the  Little  llarlior,  it  in  Muiiimtiiil,  whm  tiii<  llrsi  lioitti'  Mr!  up  ili.it 
was  Imilt  in  tlmsc  parts.  .  .  .  .sji'  l-'i'rilin.imlo  (iiir;.'i'.s  aihl  Captain  .lolin 
Masiiii  iiii;,'lit  liavi-  a  prim-ipal  ham!  in  narryiii;;  mi  tliat  iltsi^^n,  liid  wrii* 
mit  tlu'  soli-  prniniitors  tln-rt-in,"  iVf.     (pp.  lt».'»,  'Jll,  -M.'».) 

lie  llirii  cites  tin*  1,'i'atil  of  tin-  Cmim-il,  nf  .'!  Nnvrinliir,  lt'i.>|,  In 
crrtaiii  iicrsiiiis  now  kmiwn  tn  liavi!  Imi-ii  iis>.ociali's  in  tlm '•  ('nnipany 
of  Lacuniii";  wlm,  iIh'  yrar  liftim;,  hoiiii  at'tiT  lliat  rmnpanv  li.ni  Imiii 
t'lirnicd.  Mi'iil  liver  Captain  N(*iil  iih  jnrovenior.  Ami  then  he  prneeeilH 
tn  speak  of  the  Shrewsliiiry  prnprietors.  who  hail  iiiipli>\iil  C'.iptiiii 
Wi;L';iiii  to  eany  mi  ihe  .^etlieiiient  lti;,'nii  l>y  the  Hilimis, 

III  liii'^  liall'-coiijeetitral  way,  llnliliaiil  seems  here  to  ;rrmip  to<;i>thur 
eertiiiii  porsoiiM  in  Kii;rluml,  siinie  ut'  wlimii  are  now  well  known  as 
having' heeii  assoeiuleil  in  Kt.'ln  anil  KJ.ll.aml  a  tew  years  tollowiii;.'- 
in  the  Cmnpany  of  Laemiia;  ami  others  who  alimit  that  same  perioil 
lieeame  iiitere>teil  in  the  Hilton  patent,  ami  to  make  them  iiistnimeiiial 
ill  hi'ifiiniiiii/,  ami  earryiii;;  on  tor  the  lirst  iloeailt!  of  years,  the  plaiita- 
limis  on  the  I'iseataipia  Uiver;  wlu!rea.H  then'  is  no  eviileiiee  that  any 
(Hie  of  theso  persons  (if  we  e.xrept  'riimnMin's  three  partners  of  IMy- 
nimith)  hail  any  liaml  in  the  lieiiiiiniiii;  of  the  enterprise,  or  li(caino 
interesleil  till  at  a  later  perioil,  when  some  of  their  names  a[ipear. 

Dr.  IJelkiiap.  who  nst-il  ami  cites  llnMiardV  MS.,  plaeeil  too  miicli 
reliance  on  these  passHiics  in  that  History,  ami  was  therefore  led  into 
the  error  which  he  lias  handeil  down,     lie  knew  of  the  <fraiit  to  Mason 


■) 


10 


mill  riopijcs  (if  10  August.  I(i2'_'.  cnilii'.K'iiiy  tlic  territory  lirtworii  tlin 

.Mci'lilllM'k   ;(llll    S;i;^i|i|;ill(H'.       Me    ill.-<ii   UllcW    tliat     llliisc    tWu    pcfSdllS 

aiitl  (itlit  r.>  wfic  iiiciiilicis  (if  llif  ('iiiii|>;iiiy  nf  Liicdiiin.  Ivclyini,'  on 
IIlllili!ir<rs  st'ltl'IIHIll  illp(»\f  lilrd.  lie  (•(ilirlinlrd  lliat  tlir  iriilllt  of  \i\'22 
WAS  ilif  l.iiiipiiiii  ;.'i;iiit.  iiml  dial  tlir  asxiciatrs  iiMilt-r  tlic  name  (if  llic 
C'(ini|iaiiy  ot'  l.acduia.  lit'i;aii  the  scttlfiiifiits  at  Litlh-  llarlior  ami  llil- 
tdh's  I'diiit,  ill  I(i2.'!,  "ill  two  <ii\isidiis."  *  We  now  l<iidw  tiial  this 
Cdin|iaiiy  liati  no  iiilrrcsl  in  the  scttlciiicnt  at  lliltdii's  I'dint.af'lcrwanlrt 
Dover;  tliat  it  came  into  existence  at  a  iati'r  pi  riod,  some  years  after 
liotii  tiii'.-e  settlements  on  l'iseata(|na  Hiver  had  \\{-v\\  lie^nii  ;  and  that 
the  ni(  rehants  of  Slirewslmiy  and  IJristol  also  now  a|)|iear  for  the  lirst 
time  as  inn'ehasers  in  tlie  Hilton  patent  of  12  March,  Id'J'.l-.'ill.t 

What  assistance  the  Ililtons  may  have  n'ceiveil  from  private  sonrco.s, 
or  who  rendered  such  assistiinee,  if  any  was  granted,  we  know  not. 
This  patent  is  to  Kdward  Hilton  himself,  reciting  that  he  and  his  asso- 
eiati's  had  at  "their  own  jiroper  costs  and  charges  transported  snndry 
servants  to  plant  in  >.'c'W  Knglaiid."!    This  shows  that  he  wa«  the  prin- 


*  .loliii  iIo-M'lyn,  who  jiickcil  up  iimny  tliinus  in  the  conntry  liy  lu'iirsny,  ami 
jotted  thiiii  ihiwii  in  hi.<  imrnitivc  in  a  t'onii  not  (liways  exact,  conthies  tlio 
l^iiconia  jiniiil  In  (lor^ns  alone  (p.  I'.l'.t).  He  also  iiiakt'S  a  striiiijji' confusion 
of  {iraiits  ill  saying  that  "  thi' rrovincc  of  Mnii,  (or  the  country  of  the  'I'rii- 
quois  [Iroquois]  ),  heretofore  called  Liircniii  or  New  ^onursctsliiir,  is  a  colony 
l)cloii;,nni;  to  the  {grandson  of  Sir  Fcnliiiaiulo  (Jorges,"  &c.  (ji.  l'J7).  That  the 
province  of  I.aconia  ("so  calleil,"  says  the  yoiinjicr  (iorf^es,  "  hy  reason  of  the 
jjrcat  lakes  tluTein  ")  was  located  in  the  nt'ijihhorliood  of  the  fjreat  lake  or 
laki's  of  the  Iroquois,  supi)oscd  to  lead  up  from  the  rivers  AhTriinack  and 
SajiMilahoc,  with  iiriviics,'!  -  for  the  estabiishiii}^  of  depots  on  the  coast,  was 
trill'.  .losselyn,  liowi'vtr,  f^ot  the  notion  that  this  province  was  incluiled  with- 
in the  province  of  .Maine,  from  the  namitivo  of  the  yoiin^;i'r  Gorges  (p.  4H), 
■who  had  his  own  claims  to  establish.  The  "  Laconia  "  grant,  in  which  the 
name  first  appears,  was  issued  17  Xovi'inher,  1()2'J ;  that  of  "  New  Somerset- 
shire "  was   Sir  V.  (iorges's  division  of    Hi'd-),  hctween    the   riscataqna   anil 


Sagadahoc,  afterwards  enlarged 


ged,  as   to  its  interior  lioundary,  and  confirmeii 


Ly  the  charter  of  the  rrovince  of  Maine,  !}  April,   1G;J'.).     The  na 


me 


I 


aco- 


nia 


now 


here  appears  in  the  history  of  Maine  or  Xew  Hampshire  before  the 
grant  of  17  November,  ItVJ'J,  above  mentioned,  was  issued. 

t  IJelkiiiip's  N.ll.,  I.  8,  y,  ;52;  Hubbard,  217,  221.  The  grant  of  10  August, 
1022,  to  Gorges  and  .Mason,  which  the  proprietors  intended  to  call  the  Province 
of  Maine,  appears  to  have  been  a  dead-letter;  at  least,  the   patentees  never 

covering  the  same  terri- 


made  any  use  of  it,  and  the  Council  made  other  grants 

tory,  as  if  it  never  had  an  existence.     The  Council  Hecords  are  silent  as  to  the 

issue  of  such  a  grant,  and  it  was  wholly  disregarded  in  the  grand  division  of 

1U2;J. 

t  N.E.  Hist,  ami  Geneul,  Keg.,  XXIV.,  2G4,  2(Ju. 


11 


cipiil  |)c'rsitii  wlio  Ii('^;ni  mihI  ciiriMiMl  on  tlic  si'ttlcmi'iit  ii|t  to  tliat  tiiui-. 
No  dill'  of  tlicM'  |iriiiiiiii('iit  i)(t>(ins  ill  l.diiildii  IIP  fl>('\vln'ri'  i-  iiiiiind 
ill  it,  MS  tliry  ciM'tiiiiily  woiiM  liiivo  Im'cii.  it'  tiicy  Iiail  liccii  liis  iissoi'iiitrs. 
lie,  lio\V(!Vor,  sooii  iit'ttu'wanl  sold  imt  liis  patfiit,  or  llic  LtrciitiT  \n\v\  of 
it.!iii<l  tlifsc  piircliiiscrs  siilisciinciitly  sold  to  otli'Ts;  mid  lliciiwi-  ln'^iii 
to  liciir  of  lint  i»i'istol  iiu'ii  and  tin-  iiu'ii  of  Slncwsliiiry,  nifiitioiicd  hy 
Iliililmrd,  mid  tlic  Lords  Siiy  mid  lirook  mid  tlidr  iissociatLvs.  I'mt. 
winitevcr  ()I)sfurity  may  liaiiji  ovtT  ihv  iiistory  of  tlin  licyiiniiiiu  of  tin! 
Hilton  s"ttl('m(!iit,  we  now  know  under  what  circiiinstaiU'  -.  'riioiii-.()ii 
licifiin  liis  t'litcrprisit  at  Little  llarlior. 

Wliat  Ic'irriionison  to  fix  liis  mind  npon  I'iM'ataijiia  Iviver  as  a  plactt 
of  settlement,  we  are  not  told.  Tlie  selection  must  li  ive  been  niMde 
bel'ore  he  eniharked.  Whether  his  oriijinal  patent  from  the  Coiimil, 
of  Hi  October,  1  (i22.  recited  in  the  indenture,  in  any  manner  located  tiie 
yrant  of  six  thousand  acres,  we  are  eipiaiiy  in'iiorant.  Anionic  sonic 
imperfect  memoranda  which  I  naw  in  the  I'lililic  Hecord  Ollice  in 
London,  drawn  up  ahoiit  the  tinut  of  the  Restoration,  and  eiitillcil  "  A 
ciitaloyiie  of  siudi  pat(!nts  as  I  know  i,n'anted  fl)r  makiiiit  plantations  in 
Xew  England,"  is  this:  "1022.  A  Patent  to  David  'riiompson,  ^L 
Johe,  M.  Sherwood  of  IMymonth,  for  a  ]>t  of  I'iscattowa  llivcr  in 
New  England."*  This  can  hardly  refer  to  'riioinson's  patent  ahovo 
<'ile(l,  as  that  appears  to  liave  lieeii  issued  to  himself  alone.  It  may 
refer  to  some  earlii'r  |)roject  of  Thomson's,  never  perfected.  The  Ueo 
ords  of  the  Council  tor  Xew  England  throw  no  liyht  upon  it.  If  the 
memorandum  can  he  trusted,  it  shows  that  Thomson  had  knowieilge 
of,  and  |)lans  relating  to,  the  I'iscataway  liivef,  some  time  before  he 
came  to  New  Enjflaiid. 

In  this  indenture,  it  will  be  seen  that  Thomson  and  his  men  are 
"to  lind  out  some  lit  place  or  places  there"  —  that  is,  in  New  En^dalld 
—  "for  tlu!  choice  of  the  said  six  thousand  acres  of  land,  accordiiiir  to 
the  intent  of  the  grant  aforesaid."  We  may  not  know  the  precise  tenor 
of  the  grant  to  Thomson  ;  but  no  location  or  limitation  is  recited  in 
the  iiuh'iiture  before  us.  l'>y  this  it  appears  that  Thomson  had 
actually  gnuited  one-fourth  part  of  an  island,  mid  had  c(neiianted  to 
convey  one  fourth  part  of  the  six  thousand  acres  to  be  selected.  A\  e 
may  however  well  believe  that  the  six  thousand  acres  to  be  selccttnl 
were  named  in  that  part  of  the  indenture  in  possession  of  Thomson's 
associates,    to    be    taken    up    somewhere    on    the    riscata(|ua    River, 


in 


J 


*  These  iiieinoraiiilii  arc  printed  in  tlie  "  ropliaui  Memorial "  voUinie,  App. 


124. 


12 


I 

i 


t 


iiinstuiich  as  snnio  fviilt'iirc  existed,  or  was*  siijiposed  to  exist,  iiuniiiy; 
tlic  I'ainilie^  nl'  'rii()inM>ii'>  iiailiieis.  or  tlieir  diMTiiiliiiits  in  IMviiioiitli, 
Kiinlaml.  at  a  later  iM-riod.  of  claims  to  land  where  he  settled.  This 
iippeais  in  a  postM  ript  to  a  letter  of  Cotton  Mallier  to  (leor<;o 
Vaiiuhan.  (hiled  ;!  Manh.  I7()S.  in  whieh  lie  says:  '-When  my  l)arent 
lay  at  I'lyiiionth.  hound  for  New  Knirland,  on  >rarch  'J  I.  KV.Il-'i,  .Mr. 
Sherwell.  a  luiniNier  then  lixini;-  there,  told  him  that  his  lirandfather 
and  one  Mr.  Coleman  [Colmer]  an<l  another  had  r  patent  for  that 
which  j\lr.  Ma.-.on  pretended  unto  at  Pascataipiii.  You  may  d(»  well 
to  en(|nire  further  <'oneerninir  it."* 

If  we  had  any  u;ood  ffrounds  for  supposing  that  tlu-  covenants  in  tlm 
indenture  had  heen  consummated  and  the  proportion  of  land  aifreed 
iipon  actuiilly  conveyed,  this  reference  would  seem  more  naturally  to 
jtoint  to  such  an  instrument  of  conveyance.  It  i.s  not  improhahle  that 
the  island  nanie(l  was  more  delinitely  descrihed  also  in  the  counterpart 
to  this  indenture  specifyinj;'  Thomson's  covenants,  which  arc  said  to  be 
"more  plainly  and  at  large  "  set  forth  there. 

After  the  landing  of  himself  and  his-  men,  and  locating  his  grant, 
Thomson  was  to  proceed  to  "build  some  houses  or  buildings  for  habi- 
tation, on  which  they  arc  to  begin  with  as  much  cxi)edition  as  may 
be." 

If  this  agreement  between  Thomson  and  his  partners  reveals  the 
whole  strength  of  material  for  building  up  this  colony  in  the  wilder- 
ness, his  resources  at  the  eomniencement  of  the  enterprise!  must  have 
been  small.  Four  men  were  to  <ro  over  with  Thomson  in  the  "dona- 
than."  and  three  more  were  to  be  provided  that  year.  Nothing  is 
said  aliont  wives  or  families,  and  nothing  dcHnite  as  to  how  the  future 
supplies  necessary  for  the  plantation  shall  be  provided,  or  the  extent 
of  the  provision  to  be  made  ;  only  tliat  each  shall  bear  his  share  of  the 
expenses  according  to  the  contract,  and  receive  his  share  of  the  land 
and  jirotits  at  the  end  of  iive  years,  when  accounts  are  to  be  rendered 
and  a  linal  settlement  made.  Wlu'tber  Thomson  could  employ  re- 
sources of  his  own,  if  he  had  any,  outside  of  this  agreement,  we  do  not 
know.  The  Records  of  the  "Council  for  New  Kngland,"  already  cited, 
under  date  of  3  December.  1(522,  eleven  days  before  this  indenture  was 
signed,  say :  "  ^Ir.  Thomson  propoundelh  to  have  order  from  the 
Council  for  transportation  of  10  persons  with  the  provisions  for  New 
England,  And  the  persons  .so  transported  to  pay  the  Council  the 
usual  rate  for  theii-  transportation,  after  the  expiration  of  two  years." 


*  Belknup's  N.II.,  III.  340. 


13 


No   Ciirtlici'   iMiticc   ill    tlic    Ilccdid-,  i>,   tjikcii  (if  lliis   |iru|Mi»iii(iii.  ainl 
prolijilily  iiotliiii^  (Mine  nt'  it. 

'riimnsmi  (■oiitiiiiifil  to   live   at  I'i.sciitiiiiiui   till  KVJf!;  at  It':i>t.  Iir  i> 


iiiitl    ii>  li!iviii;i   111 


tiTid 


Ml 


liiivini:   ^oiiir    iixtnl 


rrfi'iTt'il  f(i  iiy  I)  rail  find  as  liviiiir  tlicrr  tiini 
into  ('oiii|K-tiiiiiii  with  tli*>  I'lyiiiiuitli  |ii'ii|ilc 
jfiioiU  Sold  lit  Mi)iilirj,'aii,  at  tlic  hnakiiiir  up  u\'  a  ttiii|ioiMr\  li>liiiii{ 
st'ttlt'iiii'iit  tliort'.  Ill  a  |i<titioii  of  liis  son  .loliii  in  H'.  Is.  Ur  -ays 
tliat  liis  fatlit'r  in  ami  ahmit  tlm  year  Hi^tl  foolv  posMs^ion  of  liic 
islaml  in  IJoston  llarlior  licariiiif  Iiis  iiaiiic.  and  tlicrt'  cn-ctcil  a  lialiita- 
tioil.*  So  lie  sociiis  to  liavi'  lived  at  l'i>cata(|iia  tlircc  years,  at  lea>t  ; 
iiut  tlic  lilinipsfs  of  liiiii  duriiiif  tliat,  time  are  very  iiifieipieiit.  We 
hear  of  liiin  the  lirst  year  he  eame  a  iiiinilter  of  times.  lie  visited 
I'lyiiioiith  once  ill  flic  summer  of  1  Ciii.'),  when  Staiidish  returned  fnnii 
an  expedition  in  search  of  food  for  the  colony.  What  a  uratefiil  Mr- 
vice  Winslow  would  have  rendered  us,  if  he  had  driven  lissome  account 
of  Thomson's  .settlement,  which  perhaps  Standi>li  had  visited  I  I'mt 
we  know  not  the  mime  of  a  siiiirle  person  that  composed  that  settle- 
ment exci'pt  Thomson  himself  and  his  wife.  lie  <lied,  as  is  supposed, 
"aliout  K'll'S,"  leaviiiif  a  wife  and  an  infant  son. 

Iluhliard — alas  I  t lie  only  authority — says  that  the  Ililtons  came  over 
with  Thomson  ;  and  it  has  heeii  supposed  that  Ilulihard  was  ac- 
tpiainted  with  the  Ililtons,  and  had  an  opportunity  of  iiiformiiiLr  him- 


self.    IJut   h 


sadly  errs    respecting, 


Will 


lain 


Hilt 


on,  at  least 


anil  we 


(ind  no  mention  of  the  name  of  either  of  the   hrotliers  in  connection 
with  the  ship '*  .lonathan,"  in  which  Tlioiiison  came.      Kdward  niiuht 


have  eonie  over  on  his   own  account,  either   in 


tlii.-^ 


up  or   ill  the 


r 


rovitlence, 
homson's  men 


soon  to  follow.     lie  would  hardiv  have  come  as  one  of 


The  first  atitlientio  inforniation  of  Edward  Hilton's  preseiico  here  is 
piven  hy  liradford,  who  says  he  contrihiited,  in  1<)2S,  I'l  toward  the 
Thomas  ^lorton  atlliir.  The  various  patents  issued  hy  the  Council  for 
New  England  furnish  much  valnal)le  and  exact  information  as  to  the 
steps  already  taken,  or  what  was  intended  to  he  done  hy  the  patentees, 


('(airse, 


toward  the  settlement  of  the  places  or  territory  ^^raiited.  Of 
all  this  information  would  be  furnished  hy  the  petitioner  to  his  counsel, 
who  drew  up  the  original  application  ;  and  the  statement  would  he  likely 
to  1k!  drawn  as  favorably  as  the  facts  would  warrant.  Where  a[)pli- 
caiits  for  a  grant  had  been  living  a  number  of  years,  more  or  le-s,  on 
the  spot,  or  in  the  country,  such  term  of  residence  was  usually  cited 


t 

» 


*  Muss.  Col.  Kcc,  III.  129,  laO. 


■Mm 


i; 


I 


!i! 


M,^ 


% 


4 


14 


as  n  niiisidcrntioii   in    tlu'  pMlmt.     In   tlic  L'l'Miit  In   AValtrr    I5,ii:iim1I, 

il    W.l^    >;iiil    lIlMl    III'    lltnl    li\iil  in    \r\V     KhLil.MMl    '■fur    the   S|i;iri'    of   7 


} 


('ills. 


.Inlin    Siriiiton   "li.iil    jisrd   in    New    Kniilaiul   these    .'I   vears 


Ia^<t  past."  &.i\  Alilwortli  ami  Kllnidife  had.  liy  their  servants, "  inhalt- 
iled  I'lir  the  >|iaee  of  three  years  last  [past."  In  the  patent  to  N'ines  and 
Oldham,  im  Saen  Uiver.  it  is  said  that  Oldham  and  "his  servants  havn 
for  these  >i.\  years  now  last  past  lived  in  New  l'ai;ih»nd  ■•it'orcsaiil." 
Oldham  had  lieen  at  I'lyinouth.  In  the  patent  to  'I'honias  Canimoek, 
and   in   that  to    IJichard    I}rad>haw,    it   is   recited   that  tliev  had    heeii 


i\  mil:'  there 


some  vears 


hef 


ore 


The  Coliowinjr  is  the  IanLjiiai;t'  used  in  Hilton's  patent:  "  For  and  in 
consideralion  that  Kdwanl  Hilton  and  his  associates  hath  already,  at 
his  and  their  owne  proper  costs  and  chari;es,  transpor'ted  suiulry  servants 
to  plant  in  New  I'lnyland  aforesaid,  at  a  place  there  called  hy  tlm 
natives  Wecanacohimt,  otherwise  Hilton's  I'oint, 
doth  further  intend  . 


am 


1  for  that  h 


.  to  transport  thither  more  jicople  and  cattle." 
This  is  hardly  the  laiu,niajfe  that  would  he  useil.  if  Hilton  had  been  on 
the  spot  seven  oi-  any  consideralile  nuinher  of  yeai's  ;  and  is  of  the  saini! 
li'cneral  import  as  that  in  the  jjrant  to  the  Laconi.a  associat«'s,  .'5  Nov 
her.  10;!!,  alter  they  had  lieen  a  year  or  two  in  operation. 

William    Hilton  came  to  IMvmonth  in  1(!21,  in  i\\v  *' Fortun(( "  : 


em- 


liis 

wif(!  and  two  children  came  in  l(i:?.'i,  in  the  "Anne."  \\\  i(i27  they  had 
left,  and,  if  his  brother  Edward  was  then  livin<;  at  Dover,  it  wonld  he 
natural  to  snppos(^  that  ho  joined  him  ;  but.  tlioni;li  he  is  subsecpiently 
found  in  that  iieiifhborhood,  I  believe  he  camiot  \m  traced  as  havinj; 
lived  either  at  Dover  Neck  or  at  Coehero.  Neither  his  name  nor  that 
of  Edward  is  alfixed  to  tlu;  "  Dover  Combination,"  of  2U  October,  1640. 

We  have  no  means  of  knowing  any  of  the  circumstances  attendiiiif 
the  ab.andonment  of  the  Little  Harbor  plantation  by  Thomson.  Hub- 
bard says  his  removal  was  "out  of  dislike  either  to  the  pl.ioo  or  his 
employers."  *  Whether  his  I'lymouth  partners  had  previously  with- 
drawn, or  whether  they  yet  contiimed  tlieir  interest  j  and  whether  any 
of  Thomson's  men  still  kept  the  settlement  alive  till  the  arrival  of 
Neal  and  (Jibbons  and  others,  in  lO.'JO,  for  the  La(!onia  associates,  —  are 
matters  yet  uncertain.  That  there  was  a  setth  inent  somewhere  at 
"  Pascatacjuack,"  besides  Hilton's,  in  1G28,  appears  by  the  contribution 


*  Witli  liis  usiiii!  wnnt  of  iicuuracj',  Ilubliard  says  that  Tlioniaon  rcinoved 
down  iiito  Massachusetts  Bay  within  u  year  after  Ins  landing  at  Little  Harbor, 
(p.  lOo.) 


15 


|i;iii|  linn  yriir  tiiw.inl  tins  iIi;ii'l;i'  uC  cxpcllin','  'rimiiiiis  Miu'Ichi  I'loiii 
.Mcny  .Miiimt.  ( )t'  cinii'^c.  iliin  was  a  \n|iinlaiv  I'lHitriliiilioii.  ami  not 
a  |ii'o|iorlioriatr  lc\ y.  'I'lic  aiiniiiiit  ^uli-icrilinl  at  l'lymi>iii!i  was  Imt  a 
Miiall  part  of  her  cliiiriir.  ••  It  cikI  iis  a  j.'ri'at  tlral  iiinri'."  says  I5rail- 
lunl.  'I'licy  (■(illt'ctrtl  wliat  liny  cuiiM.  We  know  of  no  oiIkt  sctilf- 
MH  lit  on  till'  rivt'i'  at  lliis  i|al<',  r\ci'|)t  lliat  ot'  Ivlwanl  Hilton,  ulio 
aUo  contrilMit)-!!,  ami  it  sirins  rrasoiialili'  to  liclirM'  that  liilll>'  llailior 
was  intcndcil  liy  "  l'ascata(|M.'ii'k."  *  I'rincr  IkmI  somr  ividi  hic  iliat  in 
llic  year  I  li.'.l  llic  inlialiitanis  on  I'i->('al  ii|iia  UImt  cnltTcil  into  a  roni- 
liinatioii  for  crrctiiiir  a  <,'o\friiiin'nI  anion;;  tlirinsclvt's  :  Imt  it  was  of 
"  nnct-rtain  aiitliority,"  and  he  placed  Imt  littlr  coiiiiilriicc  in  it. 

I'nirorm  triidition  appears  to  Iiave  desiifiiateil  Utile  Ilailtor,  or  a 
point  of  land  now  called  ( )(liorne's  I'oint,  on  tlie  west  side  of  I'iscala- 
<|na  Hiver,  at  its  month,  as  the  spot  on  which  'riioni>oii  lir>t  xtlied. 
'I'liis  is  coiiliriiied  l»y  lliililiaid,  >o  far  as  to  naiuin;:  "  I.iitle  ilarlior" 
as  tli(^  place.  liitthf  llarhor  takes  its  name  from  the  hody  of  water 
on  the  soutli  sid(!  of  tlm  "(Ireat  Island."  and  north  of  the  pcniiisnla  of 
which  ()di()riu''s  I'oint  forms  a  part.  This  pcniiisnla.  <'onsi^till•f  of 
alioiit  li\i'  linndred  acres  of  land,  is  now  included  in  the  town  of  li\v. 
"Odiorne's  I'oint"  is  ii  comparatively  'noderii  designation.  A  family 
of  the  name  of  Odiorne  has  for  a  nninher  of  ^eiieralion-.  lived  on  the 
peninsula.  From  the  records  of  New  Hampshire,  under  the  daKf  of 
I7ii|  .and  I7()'>.  It  seems  then  to  havw  horiie  the  name  of  "  Rande/.voiis 
I'oint."  At  tlio  time  of  the  celehratioii  of  the  two  hundredth 
aimiversiiry  of  tiie  settlement  of  New  Hampshire  in  lS2o,  more  than 
lifty  years  ago,  the  knowlcdtre  ami  traditions  which  then  exi>te(|  rehit- 
iiii;  to  this  spot  wert;  brought  tojicther  ;  and  were  well  -.iinmiarizeil  in 
Adams's  Annuls  of  Portsmouth,  pp.  K-ll,  puhli.-hed  two  years  after- 
ward. 

This  reifioii  was  earlv,  and  for  many  years  poiitinued  to  he,  called 


I'.i 


iscataway,  or  Pascataipia.  —  the  name 


)f  tl 


le  river  covcrinif  a 


II  the 


setileiiieiits  u|)(»n  it.  Christopher  Levett  apparently  yives  the  nanu;  of 
"I'aimaway"  to  Thomson's  place.  —  a  name  not  preserved.  Had  lu? 
not  soon  after  spoken  of  "a  i;reat  river  ami  a  good  liarhor  calleil  I'as- 


cattawav, 


about  two  Kinrlish  miles  further  to  the  east."  I  should  not 


he>itate  to  say  that  **  I'annaway  "  was  a  misprint  for  I'ascataway.     As 
the  jilaces  on  both  sides  of  the  river  bore  the  same  name,  it  may  have 


,1 


41 


*  1  Mass.    Hist.  Coll.,  III.  (i;J.      The  contribution  was  the  saiiii;  as  that  of 
i'lymouth,  X2  10s.     The  solitary  Bluxtou  contributed  lUs. 


n 


r. 


;■;  \ 


^1 


1() 


cmiHcil  sDiiii*  I'oiiriixidii   ill  lii-i  iiiiml,  or  lie  iiny  liavr  iiiinlr  ii  cli'iii'iil 
ciTiir  ill  lii>t  ciiicriini-  >'"'  iiiiiiit'  ill  lii>  Journal.* 

Ililkiiap  say-i  llint  "  l/ittic  llarimr  "  was  so  rallt'ii  liy  llu'  lirst  set- 
tlers, I  tiiiil  no  conlii'inatioii  nt'  t|ii>  siatciiunt.  In  all  tin-  IctttTH 
ami  (lociiinciits  now  incscrvcil,  iflatinif  to  tin'  ('oni|»«iiy  of  Fiticoniii, 
"  liitllr  ilarlior"  is  not  niriiiionrd.  'I'licir  iIiitc  houses  (or  fai'torics  or 
trailing;  posts)  are  desrrilieil  as  liein;^r  at  l'as('alai|iia  (Little  llarlior), 
Sirawlieny  I5aiik.  ami  Newicliewtiiiiek  ;  tlioinih  ••  I'aM'atai|iia."  as  I  liavo 
alreaily  said,  continiieil  to  lie  used  to  einliraee  all  tlie  plaees  on  tlit) 
I'iver.t  In  an  inteiestin;,'  iiiap  of  tlie  "  I'rovineeof  Mayiie  and  Mason's 
patent."  recently  pnlilislied  in  a  voliinii!  of  "Oriifiiial  Doeiiineiits"  relat- 
ini.'  to  New  llainpsliire.  liy  .lolin  S.  .lemiess,  Ksi|., — supposed  to  liavo 
heeii  drawn  aiioiit  tlie  V<'ar  l(i.')."».  —  tlie  name  *' Little  I  larhor  "  is  iilvcil 
to  tlie  spot  on  wliicli  'I'lionisoii  is  supposed  to  lia\f  first  settled. 


Iliililiard   says  that   at '"the    Little  Ilarlior.  it   is  supposed,  was  tl 


10 


lirst   house  set   up, 
and  some 


that 


ever  was 


built 


in    those   parts:  the  ehimney 


part  of  the  stone  wall  is  standiiij^  at  this  day  [Ki.'^n],  ami 
certalnlv  was  it  which  was  called  th"ii,  or  soon  after.  Mason  Hull, 
liecaiise  to  it  was  annexed  three  or  four  thousand  acres  of  land,  with 
intention  to  erect  a  Manor  o!'  Lordship  there,  accordiiiii'  to  tht!  (aistoiu 
of  Kiii;land  ;  fi»r  by  conscait  of  the  re.>t  of  the  undertakers,  in  somo 
after  division,  that  parc<d  of  land  fell  to  his  share;  and  it  is  mentioned 
as  his  propriety  in  his  last  will  and  testament,  by  the  iiamc  of  Masuii 
Ilall.-t 

Uy  the  first  "house."  sul)se(pient  writers  have  supposed  that  tlm  first 
habitation  Wiis  inti'iideil,  and  that  a  large  mansion  was  built  by  Thom- 
son on  his  landing;  tin*  same  that  was  subseipiently  occupied  by  Neal 
in  l(i.'5(),aml  known  as  "Mason  Hall."  Hubbard  gives  coiinteiiiuiee  to 
this  ide;i,  so  far  as  to  say  that  "  the  agents  of  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges  and 
Captain  Mason,  with  the  rest,  had  by  their  order  built  an  house,  mid  done 
soniel'aing  also  alioiit  salt-works,  .some  time  before  the  year  Ki.'lO." 
Hubbard  infers  the  agency  of  Gorges  and  Mason,  from  tlu^  mention 
of  a  house  and  salt-works  as  already  on  the  place,  in  the  indenture,  above 
cited,  of  '■>  November.  Ki-'Jl.  There  seems  to  be  some  evidence  that 
the  agents  of  the  Company  of  Laconia  occupied  a  house  at  I'iscataipui, 
that  had  been  built  before  they  came  over.  In  a  dejiosition  of  William 
Seavy,  aged  about  seventy-five  years,  in  l()7(j,lie  says  he  eanie  over  to 


*  See  Coll.  Maine  lirst.  Sdc,  II.  711,  80. 

t  See  l'n)viii('i;il  raners  rcliitiiii;  to  X.  II.,  iip.  01-117. 

\  History  of  New  Knglaml,  ^14,  215. 


17 


llir  I-Ic  III"  Sliuiils  u|K)ii  u  lisliiiiu  iircoiiiit.  iiltoiit  a  ymr  iM't'oic  Xml 
left  llii' <iiiiiiiiv  (ill  It;;;.;);  miil  lie  wuh  rrjMlililv  iiit'tdiiu'il  tlmt  Nciil, 
wlicii  Im  ciiiiii' over  ill  KI.'KI,  *•  liv(!<|  in  u  Inmsr  in  Mttlt-  llailMiiii-.  i.C 
l'isciUii(|,i.  wliiih  hy  I'liiniiidii  r(|ioit  wan  rniincily  Imilt  liy  mmih'  imr- 
cliiiiils.  itc.  (it"  I'lymimtli.  in  Kii;,'laiiil."     Also,  in  a  rcciial  iiiailc  l>y  tiio 

Cuiiiiril  nt'  New  I lampsliirf.  in   KIHl nHJHtiii;;  (if  Iticlmnl  Wilijfni, 

I'lcsidt-nt,  and  oIIuts.  wIio  went  (I|i|misc<1  to  Mason'M  claim,  fluv  nay 
tliat  "  llie  vast  t'N|ifiis('  of  csttitc."  as  claiincd  to  liavt*  licrn  niadc  liy  .lolin 
Mason,  in  tlic  sctllfincnt  of  New  llainpsliin',  "is  mostly,  if  not  incirlv. 
a  pirlfnci'.  All  liiiiisi'  ivus  hiri'il  In  llils  jnnriwi;  Imt  liic  disiimx'incnts 
laid  out  well'  cliiflly  in  the  iifijiliiiorim,'  Province  of  Mcyn,  on  tlir  oilier 
side  of  tlie  riv(M-,  and  for  carryiii<r  on  an  Indian  trade  in  l/aconia,  in  all 
wliicii  his  1,'randfallier  was  hut  a  partner,  however  he  would  appear 
amon;jst  us  as  scde  proprietor."* 

That  'riioinson  during  his  three  years'  resideiict!  at  Litlle  llarlior 
hy  assistance  of  his  partners.  l)nilt  a  larj^e  house  there,  and  h'ft  it  when 
lie  went  to  Massachusetts  Hay,  Ih  eiM'taiiily  possihle.f  Hut  that  Tliom- 
8011.  or  anyone  after  him.  Imilt  a  house  there,  known  as  "  Mason  Hall," 
is  extremely  improhahle.     Iluhhard  evidently  got  his  notion  of  "  .Ma- 

*  Jeniio»s'«  ()ri)j;iiiiil  Dociiiiu'iits,  pp.  10,  ti"J,  ti:i,  100. 

t  A  reference  to  Ciiptaiii  Masim's  lioiise  at  liiltle  Ilarlior,  once  <)c<'ii|)i(Ml 
by  Neal,  is  toiiiid  in  a  deposiiion  l)y  Miijnr  KolK-rt  I'ikc,  iinc(l  almiit  einlily- 
ei^lit  years,  in  1704.  lie  "tesliHetli  and  saitii  that  lie  was  well  ac- 
'inuinted  witii  ('apt.  Waller  Neal,  .Mr.  Henry  .Jusseiyn,  ( 'apt.  Francis  Norton, 
.Mr.  Sampson  liane,  when  tliey  lived  at  I'iscatatiua  almve  titty  or  sixty  years 
I>ast,  at  v,'lii(!li  time  they  lived  at  I'lscatatpia  in  tlie  rifjlit  of  Capt.  Jolin  Mason, 
and  were  Hj;ents  (an  was  reported  coimnonly)  for  liiin  or  liis  heirs,  and  that 
('apt.  Neal  liv.'d  in  the  Stone  house  at  the  inoiitli  of  ris(!ita(|na  river,  of 
l:\\v  ealleil  Little  Harhor,  and  was  always  called  Capt.  Mason's  Stone  iioiise ; 
iiiiil  that  some  time  since  one  Mr.  (iee  lived  in  said  house  in  the  ri^ht 
of  ('apt.  .Mason;  ami  that  afterwards  Joseph  Mason,  ajient  for  Mrs.  Ann  Mason, 
widow  of  said  Capt.  Mason,  lived  at  saiil  house,  nt  the  mouth  of  the  river 
aforesaid,  in  l{i<;lit  of  said  Mrs.  Ann  Mason,  aforesaid  ;  and  that  this  Deponent 
lodjfed  one  ni^tht  in  said  iionse  with  said  Mr.  Joseph  Mason,  he  lieinj;  employed 
hy  said  Joseph  Mason  to  assist  him  in  Mr.  Mason's  aHiiirs,  aliove  lifly  years  past," 
&e.  (I'rov.  Tajiers  relating  to  N.  11.,  Vol.  11.  rvlO,  .VH.)  Major  Kohert  I'ika 
was,  nodoiiht,  a  most  respectable  pi'rson,  and  would  testify  to  the  best  of  his 
knowled{;e  and  belief;  ami  there  is  no  reason  to  <iuestion  his  statement  that  bo 
lodf;etl  one  ninht  with  Jo.sepli  Mason  in  ii  bouse  at  Little  Harbor.  Hut  he  could 
not  have  l)een  acquainted  with  ('aptain  Walter  Neal,  as  Neal  left  the  country 
two  years  before  I'ike  came  over  here.  What  he  says  about  Neal  was  from 
liear.siy  ;  and  the  most  distant  period  of  which  he  deposes,  "si.xty  years," 
would  take  him  buck  only  to  1044,  long  after  Henry  Josselyn  bud  left 
I'iseutuquu. 

8 


V' 


IH 


r 


m 


r. 


t     I 


wtii  I  lull  "  rniiii  MiiHim's  will,  niiidf  slinrlly  Im  Inn'  his  dratli,  in  wliirh 
lie  i|isi;iiiiilr.s  liisuliidc  jrnilit  nf  N'lW  I liiMi|isliin'  as  '•  my  niiiiit v  of 
Ni'W  Ilimi|isliin'.  or  .Miisoii  Hall":  or.  in  anntln  r  plai't',  "  my 'onnty 
of  New  llani|i>liiii'.  or  Munnor  of  Ma«on  Hall."  lit-  Hnins.  in  on«) 
part  of  this  inNirunicnt.  to  iMqiiialh  to  his  <:ian(lchil(l.  Kolicit  'I'nfton, 
"my  inannornf  Ma^on  Mall."  us  tlio\iiih  it  was  homt- cstalt-  well  known 
within  his  ufant ;  aial  then,  aftrr  other  li»'(|ucMtH,  all  tin*  rcsiijni'  to 
John  Tnfton.  If  any  npfcial  iilacr  i>  litre  intciiilfd.  there  are  no  meaiiH 
of  htcatinj;;  it  hy  the  tleHcii|ition,  as  the  name  is  not  foinal  in  any  eon- 
temporary  letter  or  tloeiinieiit,  as  applieil  to  any  speeial  house  or 
domain. 

Ahont  the  y.iir  \(]7\).  Kohert  Tiifton  Mason  —  who  sneceeded  as  heir 
on  llie  death  of  his  hrother  John  —  presented  one  of  his  many  oaHeH  to 
pro\e  his  title  to  New  Hampshire.  He  recites  that  his  am-estor  erected 
H  fort  on  ( Ireat  Island.  "  and  monnted  it  with  ten  <<nux  for  the  defence  of 
the  said  islanil  and  river,  and  also,  in't/ii'ii  f/ii-  sulil  rlrrr,  tit  ii  plnri'  imio 
culled  J'ortsiiiont/i,  he  liuilt  diverHO  jjooil  houses,  whereof  one  wjis  ii 
very  f..ir  and  larjje  honse  of  moik^  luid  timlier,  iind  hy  him  called 
IMason  Hall,  encompassed  hy  ii  ditch  and  stroiijir  pallisade."  &,v.,  and 
witli  ahoM)  (Hiu  tlioiisaiid  acres  of  improved  nieudow  j^round.*     Now 


♦  Ji-nnexs's  Original  Docinni'iits,  ji]).  W,  78, 

NO  iiKire  anlrustwortliy  sourci's  of  int'orniation  relative  tn^tlu'  curly  xettle- 
nu'Ht  of  Ncsv  llanipsliirc  can  well  lie  fouail  tliim  the  viirious  petitions  iniil 
"  nisi's  "  «et  forth  liy  anil  in  liehidf  of  Koliert  Tafton  Mason,  reHpectinjt  liiit 
eliiiin  to  this  territory.  Of  coarse  he  hail  to  rely  for  information  mostly  on 
jirivate  testimony  ami  tnulition,  as  lie  was  bat  a  child  when  his  ^rrandfuther  died  ; 
mill,  liesiiles,  lie  liiul  a  "  ease  "  to  make  oat,  Kven  the  dates  to  the  several 
({riiiits  of  Iiiiiil  'i>  Jolin  Masun,  whieli  his  eoiinsel  had  means  to  verify,  art* 
frequently  wronj,',  anil  what  was  (loiu>  imiler  them  was  often  stranm'ly  misstated. 
Ill  a  ]iniicr  dniwii  ii]i  about  the  yiar  1(17!',  we  read  "  that  in  the  yi'ar  lfll'".i  the 
said  .John  Mnsoii  did  si'iul  over  several  servants  and  iiassenjfers  to  be  tenants, 
with  store  of  cattle,  |)rovisioiis,  and  necessaries,  unto  his  hinds  at  Cape  Ann,  and 
did  liaild  sundry  houses  and  s(>t  up  the  trade  of  fishery  u]ioii  that  const,  and  em- 
]>loyeil  for  his  steward  there  Ambrose  Gibbons,  ((eiitleiiiau,  who  eontiiiueil  there 
until  the  year  1(180,  at  wiiich  time  the  Massachusetts  colony  violently  sci/ed 
a]K)u  that  part  of  the  imiviiu'c,  strelchiun  their  bounds  three  miles  to  tlie  nortli- 
wiird  of  Merriuiaek  Uivor,  and  turiiid  the  servants  and  tenants  of  the  said  .lohn 
Mason  out  of  their  possessions,  under  pretence  of  tt  eliarter  from  liis  late  Majesty, 
Kinj,'  Charles,  in  1()28."  It  would  be  difflcult  to  find  elsewhere  in  so  small  a 
space,  except  among  Robert  Mason's  own  papers,  so  many  errors  as  are  con- 
tained in  this  extract. 

Probably  with  equal  truth  it  is  said,  in  a  jmjier  drawn  up  in  I07i">,  that  .John 
Mason,  after  beinu  at  Newfoundland  about  two  years,  "  received  orders  t'nan 
his  Majesty    to   visit   that  part  of   America  now   called  New   Eufiland,    who, 


19 


iIh'  liniisi'  tliiH  (h'HcrilM'd  wan  tliiit  lalliil  tin'  ••  ( Ircat  I  loii^i'."  nt  Siimw- 
Itcrry  Hank,  Hikiil  to  Intvr  Imch   Iniilr   liy  ('li:iillioiirii<-,  in    Hl.'H.     Tlii-., 

lit'  ill*'  tlllTf  linllorH  ('inilXi'H,  US  iiiHtiimili''l|ri|  I'i'oin  liinl'i'  liuilltili'  ihvi'lU 
in*.'>)  ill  |M)sHi's<.iiiti  (It  till'  ('utit|i:(iiy  <it'  l.iii'niiia,  wan  tlir  iiinii  iintiil 
ill  llir  liistory  of  tint  l'isiM(ai|iiii  "ittli'iititilH.  It  siiiml  I'ur  a  lun^ 
tliiu',  iiml  wiiH  (if('ii|iit'i|  liy  sonic  wi'Il-kimwn  iht^uim,  'I'lii^  Imil  \\w 
best  claim  tu  Im>  rallt'il  a  Maimr  IIniMr;  iiml.  if  llii>i  wiit  iIiii>  ilrsi^- 
iiatod,  tlu!  oiii'   itiiilt.  at    liittio   llarliiM iilil    lianllv  liaM'    liunii'  tint 


naiiii'.     i'riihaltiv  tl 


u'  iiaiiio  was  iirvcr  apiilicil  to  ntlur. 


'I 


'I'lii'  prci'isi-  tiini;  <if  Tlioinsoirs  ijcalli  is  not  known,  l-'imn  tlio 
pt'titioii  of  liis  sou  .loliti  to  tilt'  (it'nci'a!  Coiiit  of  MaHiacliiioitts,  in 
ICilH,  lio  siiys  tliat  liis  futliiir,  in  or  alioiil  tin*  year  It'iL'Ci.  took  po^sis. 
sion  of  tli(>  island  Itcariii^  liis  iiaint>.  Itiiilt   a  lialtitation  tlit'if,  and  dii'd 


soon  at'ttT,  Icavini;  tlio  son  an  infant  ;  "  who, 


.ay: 


tl 


K!  ncoiil 


so  soon 


i 


t<i'ri'tlu'r  with  Sir  Fenlinaiitlo  (Jdrtjcs,  iniiilo  ii  voyjiui'  iiliinj,'  flint  roust,  in  Anno 
I'll'.!,  iiinl  at  tliuir  ri'tiirn  lor  I'ai^rluinl  jfuvc  liis  Miijcsty  n  satisfactdiT  iiccoiint 
liotli  of  tlii'ir  voyani'  am!  (•oiinlrv."  Tlit'  stati'iiK'nl  that  John  Ma-mn  spent  "  iip- 
wai'ils  of  twenty  ihoiisiiml  poinnls  "  t<i\varils  the  alliiirs  ot'  New  I'an^lanil  is  proli- 
alily  of  a  piece  with  soineot'his  other  alle;;ations.  This  would  he  ei|iiivalent  to 
live  times  that  suni  to-ilay.  It  is  not  pmhahle  that  he  spent  a  fiiurth  pai'l  of 
it,  or  that  he  ever  hail  stieh  ii  siiin  at  his  disposal.  Mason's  prinrlpul  expen- 
diture over  here  was  as  a  partner  in  the  fiiiconia  Company,  of  which  he  wa« 
one  of  some  ten  assoeiates.  After  the  (livisiini  of  Mol,  he  sent  over  two  mills, 
and  some  men  to  set  them  up  on  his  own  land,  on  the  easti'rn  or  mirth  eastern 
side  of  the  river  (the  Miiiiie  side).  Ilow  largely  he  eoiitinued  his  expenditures 
from  this  time  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  we  have  no  means  of  knowing.  Tliey 
were  prohahly  ineonsiderahle.  In  IH.'JI,  he  wrote  to  (lilihons  :  "  I  Imvc  dis- 
liursed  a  tfeat  deal  of  money  in  the  plantation,  and  never  received  one  penny  ; 
liiit  hope,  if  there  were  a  discovery  of  the  hikes,  that  I  should  in  some  reason- 
ahle  time  he  reimhursed  anain."  Ilubliard  (p. 'J'iti)  says  that  .Mason  had  no 
opportunity  "  to  send  over  the  seventy  families,  which  some  to  this  day  allirin  he 
enj;aj;ed  to  do."  See  Jemiess's  Drif^inal  \>  icuments,  pp  uo,  77  ;  I'rov.  Ixecoids 
of  N.  II.,  [.  ;{22. 

*  In  October,  1()37,  Vines,  Josselyn,  and  Warncrton,  as  aj^ents  of  some  of  the 
Tiacoiiia  associates,  {jranted  to  Francis  Matthews  "all  that  parcel  or  [lort ion  of 
lands  in  I'iscatnway  Kiver,  lying  upon  the  north-west  side  of  the  Great  Island, 
commonly  called  Muskito  Hall,  \w\\\^  a  neck  of  land  by  estimation  one  hundred 
acres  or  thereabouts."  The  location  of  this  grant  was  on  the  Great  Island  it- 
self, the  present  town  of  New  Castle;  and  it  was  reconveyed  in  lOoil  and  in 
Hit'il,  under  the  same  name.  (See  Provincial  I'apers  relating  to  N.II.,  I.  'J8,  '.19  ; 
N.  II.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  VIII.  l-2(»,  Vl-1.)  At  this  day,  a  spot  a  few  rods  north- 
west of  the  present  "  Wentworth  "  hotel  is  callcil  "  Musiiuito  Ilall,"  though 
this  must  be  some  distance  from  the  location  of  the  grant. 


'iO 


r 


m 


j-i 


if 


iiM  lu'  fiinio  to  njro.  <1i'l  niiikc  lii'*  riaim  llirirn  riy.  uimI  now  nirniii.  1,\  lii<« 
hikiil  |iililiciii,  to  \\\\n  Ciiiiil."  ulio  yiiiiilnl  iIk'  i'-liiml  to  him  uimI  lii>  licii'M 
lor  ••viT.  Siimiul  .Mavcriik  i»tlilt'<l  lii*  ti'H»iiiioiiy  i|j»  to  llir  ynir  HL'!'.;* 
mill  .loliiiMiii  MiVM  lliat 'riioiiiHoii  UHxiNtni   .Mum  lii'k  ill   ImiMiii;;  ii  tort 

upon   NoiIiIIc'k   iMliiiul.     Anions  llii iiliilmtois   to  ilic  cxiiniMCH  of 

r;i|itiiiiii^  iiiiil  ii'iiioviiii.'  'riioiiiiis  .Morton,  of  .Mnry  Moiini.  in  Itl^'M, 
tin-  iiiiiiii<  of  "  .MiH.  'I'lioni^oii  "  ii|i|MiirH.  So  llntt  wi-  iii:iy  infrr  tliat 
lii>r  Im^ltiiiid  WHS  ilnitl  at  iIm'  time  hIic  Hithnci-ilinl.  I  know  of  no  oihtr 
tliita.     Savajfc  say»  lie  ilicil  "ulMuit  lii'JH." 

I  iiii  liiii'  to  tlu-  o|iinion  that  .lolin  'riioinson.  tlir  hoii.  \vu><  liorii  at 
Littif  ilurlior,  and  wan  lii'oii;r|it.  an  int'ant,  lo  lii.s  inw  lioiiu-  on  tint 
iriliiiitl.  My  naMiiis  iii'«'  lliror.  I)a\iil  'I'Iioiuhoii  wuh  liviiii;  at  Vin- 
i-alai|iia  in  Ili'.'Ci,  and  joiniil  tlic  I'lyiiioiitli  |MM)|ilt'  in  a  Iradiiii;  voya;;)) 
to  Monlii  ji^an  in  llit-  Kiiiiinifr  or  aiitiimn,  an  I  int<-r  I'loni  lliadt'ord.  of 
tiiat  yiar.  So  lliat.  if  In-  lift  tlini' tliat  yrar.  it  niii^t  liiiVf  lirni  in  llui 
latter  |iail  of  it.  'I'lii!  year,  an  it  was  tln-ii  calrulatfd,  iic;;aii  and  ciidid 
ill  .Mai'i'li.  It  was  dt'siraliN!  to  show  that  |Hisst'Hsioii  of  tlit*  island  w'iih 
taken  at  as  early  a  period  as  thu  fa<'ts  would  warrant  ;  and  tlu;  son 
says  that  it  was  "in  or  aiioiit  the  year  l<">2li."  In  the  reeoril  of  tho 
Court  ahove  cited,  iSIay,  l<i|H,  it  is  >aid  that  .loliii  TIioiiimiii  made  his 


aim 


so  soon  as  he  U'eainc  of  a;L;e,"  and  it   savs  also  that   li 


did 


anil  now 


make  his  elaiiu  /*//■«/('/•///,"  —  that  is,  some  time  previously, - 
ayaiii."    The  Court  would  not  Iki  likely  to  yield  to  siieli  a  pt'tilion  with- 
out serious  eoiisideratioii,  attended  with  delay.     They  were  jeiiloiis  of 


I'laims 


not  hased  on  their  own  ^iraiits,  and  the  island  had  thirteen  vears 


liefore  been  granted  to  the  town  of  Dorehester.  If  his  first  petition,  tho 
exaet  dato  of  which  is  waiitiiifj,  hud  liecii  made  only  two  years  hotoro 
tilt)  present  pi-titioii,  it  would  <,'ive  |(!2.')  as  the  year  lu!  was  horn. 


In  tl 


le   year 


IC).")!). 


some  cnrioiis  depositions  were  maile  conciMMiiii 


Thomson's  Island.  William  Ticvore  testilied  that  thu  island  was 
formerly  called  "  Island  of  Trevour,"  which  he  took  possession  of  ill 
Id  ID,  "and  declared  the  same,  as  the  ett'ect  of  my  proceL'diii).'s,  to  .Mr. 
David  Thomson,  in  liondon,  on  which  information  said  Tlioinsou 
olttaineil  a  ;;rant  and  patten"  of  It.  William  IMaxton  testilied  that  ho 
heard  old  Mr.  Thomson  airirm  that  he  had  a  patent  for  the  said 
island,  and  that  tliose  tiiat  put  ho<;H  on  it  did  it  by  his  cuiisent.  Miles 
Staiidish  testified  "that  in  the  year  Ki'iO  I  came  into  this  country,  .iiiil 
1  take  it  in  the  same  year  I  was  in  the  Massachusetts  Hay  with 
William  Trevoyre,  and  then  being  upon  the  island  lying  near  Dorchos- 

*  liliikc'u  "  Aiuiiilh  of  tilt'  Town  of  Dorclicster,"  p.  bl. 


91 


tiT,  nilli'it  til)'  Hiiiil  iHliiml  1^1. iml  Trcviivrf,  ,  ,  .  Knitliir,  I  •'iiii  riotilV 
tliiit  Diisiil  'I'll  •Mionii  Nliowni  iiic  a  very  iiiM'iiMit  |iiiti'iii,  mill  llmt  I*!)- 
'I'Im'Iii'.imi  whs  ill  it,  Itiit  llh>  (••nil'*  ol'  it  I  I'liiiiiitt  ti  ini'iiilii'i,"  'I'Ik* 
Sii^iiiiiori*  III'  Au'ifawiiiii  li"«tilii'il  tliit  "ihllir  yiiir  l*'>r.i.  nr  tlirii- 
iiIioiiIh,"  III'  wi'iil  liiiiixi'ir  wiili  Mr.  h.iviil  riiiiiii»uii,  iiml  lonk  ihiomh* 
ttloi)  of  llu'  i>«liiiiil  lirl'oii'  h(»rrln'>.tt'r.  \i.* 

William  Trevor*',  will)  wi'iii-*  to  Iiiim'  foiirottcii  tin'  yi'iir  ln'iin-iviil  in 
N'l  «  I'.iiuiiiiiil,  ciimt'  oMT  ill  till'  "  .Miiyllowtr  "  in  I  l'>'.*'i.  im  k  m:iiii  hi. 
Iiiml  to  stay  in  tin-  nimitiy  unit  yi-ar.  lie  tlu-n  \vi  ni  hark,  Imi  ^nli- 
M<'i|ni'ntly  minli' voyiii;i's  to  MitsNiu'linoi'tlo.  'I'lir  liint  vi»it  tlic  I'il^iiniH 
miikIi' to  llo.xtoii  {[ai'liiir  wan  in  Sc|iiriniii'i.  liiJI,  ami  Stanili^li  wa^ 
III'  tlir  party,  ami  'I'ri'vorr  may  liavi'  liiiii  ut  llir  iiiiiiiIhi'.     That  i<«  tin' 

rai'lii-Ht   |ii'rioi|  at   whii-h  Siamli-h  ami   h mjil    ha\)'  in  rii  tiKntlnr 

nil  TlioiiHiiir<«  l'<litml.  'I'lixoi'i' nil)  ihi'ii,  on  hit  n  ini  n.  Iiasc  i:i\  i-n 
tin-  intiirination  to  'I'homsun  to  which  hr  ri  I'l-nt,  wliirh  |<  i|  to  hi-  |)i'o- 
riiriii;;  ii  ;;nint  of  ihr  i>laii<l  t'loin  tlu'  Conmil  of  New  Kn;rlaml. 
|{la\toii'.H  ti'stiiminy  is  inliii'siin;.',  as  showing  hi-  a<'.|Maiiit  imc  with 
Thomson,  wliih'  tho  rorimr  wa-  llir  solitary  irsiilinl  ol'  Shawiiuil. 
It  shows  iil-o  that  Thomson  rlaiimil  llir  i>laml  iiixlrr  a  jjrranl  I'loni 
tint  Coiinril.  'I'hi-  .Miissurliiisi'ttH  Colony  woiilil  imi  |iriilial>ly  havo  ac- 
knowli'tl;,'('il  Kiii'li  a  claim,  lint  wniiM  ho  ilisjioscil  to  rii.Mi<l  hi-  caily 
rcsiilcni't-  ami  pos-cssioii  as  ciitillinir  his  son,  ihroii<rh  him.  to  <'oii-ii|ri'a- 
tioii,  as  they  iliil  in  lint  ctsc  ol  Kiaxton.  The  memory  ol'  the  ohl 
'•  Sajiamori'  of  A;,'i,'iiwain  "  (jiiitc  ilcscrts  him  in  the  maitcr  of  dates. 

If  Thoiiison'H  Ishinil  was  that  iiaim-il  in  this  imlcnnirc.  nt'  whii  h 
III!  hail  <;raiit('il  oni'-foiirtli  part  to  his  partners,  it  ini<;ht  he  tiskeil 
whether  Tlioiiison  may  not  have  removeil  to  it  for  the  purpo-e  of 
lakinji  possession  ami  creatinii  a  lialiilation  with  a  view  to  its  tuime 
cnllivatioii  anil  the  pursuit  of  his  ImsiiiesH  there,  aifreealily  to  the  terms 
of  Ills  imleiitiire,  ami  without  intenilin<r  to  aiiamlon  his  interest  at 
Little  Ilarlior.  We  have  no  facts  or  ilata  on  which  lo  imliiliie  in  smh 
speculations,  except  llnlilianrs  stati  meiit  that  he  left  there  out  of  ilis- 
like  of  the  place  or  his  employers.  We  hear  of  no  claims  inaile  liy  his 
heir  to  the  estate  at  I'iseataipia,  sniiseipiently  taken  possession  of  hy 
the  Company  of  Laconia,  ami  none  hy  his  late  |iariiiers  to  that  or  to 
the  islaml.  No  provision  seems  to  have  heeii  maile  in  this  indenture, 
in  casu  uf  the  death  of  Tliumson  bcfuru  the  tivu  years  .should  he  ended. f 


I 


1, 


I*' 


♦  See  N.  E.  Hist,  mnl  Oenoal.  lie;;..  IX.  24H. 

t  Iluldiiinl  says  tiiat  'rimnisoii  "  possusscd  liiniself  (if  ii  very  I'niiil'iil  i-liiiid 
and  a  very  deniiralilc'  neck  ut'  land  "  in  Mas^acliiist'tts  Hity,  "^iiicc  cimtirnieil  tu 


Il 


22 


To  rmir  iiiiri>  iiiori'  ti»  lln'  •••'ttli-inriil  ul'  l'i«i'!iliii|iiii :  Tin*  ui'iimil 
h-inlir  tit  tin-  lii-tory  oC  Ni-w  lluinii-liin'  will  Ih-  Miii|ii'i<««*i|  In  Inirii  lint 
l<-li((tli  of  tilll)>  lllilt  rlitlKnl  ilOrr  llir  tlri«t   Mt'tlli'llM'iilM  Wi*r«'  llicr«>  llliiilu 

iH't'iH'c  iluMiiinic  "  Ni'W  ilitiiiifliiii' "  wiiN  ii|»|ilii'<l  tit  till*  |iliii>t>.     TItu 

|lll|l'lll     III'     7     NiIM'IIIIhT,    |)i'.''.>,    to     .Milfoil,    ill    Wllil-ll     it      Jl|l|M'IIN     tllllt     till* 

|il'o|ii'ii'to|-  iiiti-iitli'il  to  riill  till*  tririloiv  u'>'i>>lli''l  "  Ni'W  I  lillil|i-liil'i-," 
Hi'i-iiiM  to  liii\r  Ihtm  --  liki'  till-  |iiM'\ ioiiH  ^riiiii  to  liiin  of  Miiriiiiiii,  iiml 
I  lull  to  liiiii'>i'lt' iiiiil  <iiM-){i-M  III  till'  Miiiiii>  yiMir  —  oC  no  |inii'linil  Hi^iiillo 
riilK'i*.  utiil  woiilil  Mrani'ly  liiivr  Im-iii  lii'iinl  of  ii;r:iiii,  litul  it  not  ln'itti 
ritril  ill  llic  rliiiliH  ««  t  (intli  liy  tlir  In-ir  to  Mil>.oll^  i-.t;it»'  iiftrr  llir  Urs- 
lonitioii.  No  iiM'  wiiK  I'MT  imuli'  oi  it  liy  iIm'  |>io|iii(  inr.*  AlliT  lluj 
Umiiii}^  of  till'  Liii'oiiiii  jriiiiit,  It'll  iliiyn  liih'f.  I"  NoviiiiImt.  Hi'JK,  lu'tivo 
iiK'ii^iii'i'N  wri'i-  t'liti'i'i-il  ii|ioii  i  rvi'i'y  tiling  iM'iii;;  il>iiit>  inulir  tin*  iiitino 
of  llic  "  (iiiiiiiiiiiy  of  liiii'oniii,"  nil  iiiiiiii'Hi'|i<ir!itiM|  ti-«<.oci;itioii  nf  |mtmoiis 
wlioMi'  li)'iiil-i|iiartiM's  \M  ri<  in  KoimIoii,  wlio  iifiiivviii'ilo,  •'!  NommiiImt, 
|(i>'ll,  |ii'o<'iiii'i|  tniiii  till' CoiiiM'il  ;i  iM'VV  ;.'i'iitil  of  Liml-.  on  liotli  niilcs  llio 
l'ii>riitiii|im  Uivi'i*.  —  llii'  foriiirr  ^ruiit  Itriii;;  oiu'  of  iinii'tiiiitr  uml  iiiii'i'i'- 
taiii  frtiiH'liiMi'H,  In  n  fitw  ytturs,  tliin  i'iiiii|i!iny  Itroki'  ii|i,  iinil  tin'  Mt*r- 
viiiitH  ui'i'i!  <li«r|i:iiM;t'i| ;  till'  wlioli'  srlicnii'  |irovin<;  u  liiilnri'.  On  ti 
ilivinion  of  soiiii'  of  tin;  r(ini|iaiiy's  |ii'i>|M't'ty.  Mmmih  lidii'^lit  tin'  ^liaci'H 
of  two  III  IiIh  aMmiciatrs,  ami  "I'nt  ovrr  a  iii'W  "iipiily  of  men,  ami  net  up 
two  Hiiw-tnilK  ii|iiiii  lii.<4  own  sliaii'  of  lamlH.f  Sliortly  lii'fofi>  tin*  miii-- 
I'l'inli'i- to  tlir  kiii<;  of  tint  (Sranil  I'atirit,  iMaMon  |iroriii'i'il  for  liiniNi'lf 
till' ;,'iiint  of  2l'  A|iril.  Ki.'l.'i.  :t  lirtwi'i'ii  Nannikiaj,'  ami  l'isi'atat|na,  in 
wliirli  il  wuii  rix'iicd  thut  llii:  huuls  ciiiltruciil  in  it,  "with  thu  cuimuiit 

liiiii  (ir  liix  lii'irH  liy  tlie  Cuiirt  nf  tlii'  Mii.'HaiHiu^ietl!',  ii|miii  tlic  narreiKli'i-  of  all 
liis  itilicr  Intcri'stt  in  Now  Kn^taiul,  tn  which  yi't  hi-  cualil  pii'ti'ml  lui  iitluT  titio 
thrill  a  |iriani!<i',  or  a  Ki"  <<>  ''i'  I'laitrricil  on  liiiii,  in  a  li'llt'r  liv  Sir  Fcnlinamlii 
(idi'Kcii,  iir  tiitiio  iitlaT  iiK>niliiT  of  the  ('oaiicil  of  I'lyniniitli."  Ilalilianl  uvi- 
ilciilly  sii|ip(mi'il  that  'rhoni>iiai  liail  cliiiiiiH  tiKiihcr  ImihIm  in  N'rw  I'lni^'hiiui,  uliicli 
la*  or  iii-i  hi'ir!*  Miti'ri'nili'i'i'cl  mi  ri'ivivln^  a  I'dntlrniatinn  nt'  tlu>  Iitlatiil.  'I'hu 
rt'('ia°i|>i  arc  >ilciit  an  to  tliis. 

*  Sir  Wilhiiin  .Iimick,  the  Attonicy-liciKTal,  in  an  nplniiai  on  .Ma!<(in  anil 
(iort{i'!<'!i  claims,  in  ItlT'i,  nayit  of  cucji  ul'  tlicsc  patcnt>  tliat  "  the  urani  wan  only 
Hciilcii  with  the  council  ncal,  nnwitni'sscil,  lai  scizcn  imlorscil,  nor  poiiiii'.siiion 
i-vcr  ^ivi'ii  with  tlic  Ki''int."     ( llntcliiiiMin,  1.  :lpi. ) 

t  Si't'  all  the  iMirrcKponik'nci'  i-xtant  relating  to  tlic  I.acoiiia  Coiiijiany  in 
tiu'  I'rovincinI  Papers  relating  to  N.  II.,  I.  (!|  </  mi/.;  ami  a  coniplcte  copy  of 
the  ^rant  ot'o  Noveinlier,  liiol,  in  Jenness's  (lri|.'inal  l)ociiinents,  pp.  K-Pt. 

t  "  The  ;;ranls  wlilcli  were  niaile,  or  prL'tenileil  to  lie  nniile,  in  1035,  were  the 
elTorts  of  a  nniiihcr  oi'  the  ineniln-rs  of  the  Coaiicil  to  secnre  .Honie  part  of  tlie 
ilyaij;  iiitere;*t  to  llicnifelves  and  posterity,  in  wiiicli  lliey  ail  failed."  (lliiteli- 
iiisun,  I.  itlii.) 


of  tho  ritiiiM'il.  »iiiiii  ri'iMii  iiriifirortii  }>*■  vh\ua  s>w  iiiiMi|><>iiiti'." 

Mll'OIII  llil'il  Im  tiili'  till'  l-lltxc  tit  lllllt  M'lir  ;  IMdI  Mi'o.  Mll-xtll,  III*  I'M  rtl- 
tl'i\,  I'lilnlhilli  il  till'  lllllttll>;i'IIM'llt  nl  iIm'  rollltr  In  |||>I'  ll^i'llt,  l''nillrU 
Nol'lmi.        Hut    till'  rNlH'll-.!'    I'Xrri'ilfll    IIm'    ilM'nllH',       'I'lli'    »«  r\llllt»  «i  I'l- 

I'liiiiiui'oim  tor  tlirii'  iiri'ciM'N  of  mii^cn,  ho  >i|m>  wiim  niiii|M'l|i'i|  tn  uImiii- 

lloll  llli'lll  til  nllit'l  I'nl-  tll<'|||M>lvi>i«.*  Ill  II  fi'W  Vfliri*.  llic  M'Vl'I'llI  rii|||. 
Illllhili<"«  til)  Ti',  ilirlllilili;;  tltil»l'   llllll    tin     LlM'uliiu  ('ii||l|i;lli\    luul   Imi  IiumI 

ill  ««>llliii^.  Iii'Iiil;  ilrMlitiitc  til'  it  |iim|ii'|-  ^iiMiniiii'iit,  |ilii<'ii|  lliriii»  Isr* 
mill*  T  till'  |iriitri'liii^  fiH'l*  lit  tilt'  .Mil<«ll<'lll|nt'lt«.  SlllHriilM'lllIx .  Mfi*, 
Mti>><iii  Ni'iit  oVfi'  liiT  ti^t'iil,  itiiM-iili  MiiNiHi.  ti)  liiiik  al'li'i'  lit-r  l;ili'  liii** 
liMiiirM  iiitiTi'Mt;  llllll  lit*  |ii-i'H('iiti-i|  II  iiiiinlMT  lit'  |ii'tiiiiiii»  in  tin'  .MiiFt«ii* 
rliii^t'tti  ^tiM'i'iiliii'iit.  ami  liriiii;;lit  .'Oiit'^  in  tin'  MiioMii'lillMtlH  riuii'tt,  in 
Mr.<*.  MaoiiiiV  iirliall'. 

Diirinu  tin-  wlmlo  ihtIimI  wliii-li  I  liuvi'  lien- ;;iiiii>  nxtr,  in  nil  (lie  Ift- 

llTM  mill  llni'llllX  lltH  III'  till'  tilllf,  "  Ni'U    I  ltllll|lNlliri',"  mm  llll  Ilii'r|ltrt|  IIIIIIH' 

tor  tliiit  Ici'i'ilnry,  m>  *'iir  iim  I  Imvf  nliM-rvtil,  iu'mt  \h  iiniiI.  In  a  h  tli-i' 
t'liilll  till'  Hi'lrctllU'li  lit'  Di.ViT  tn  fill'  Cullliril  ill  .MasMli'lll|^i'tt«.,  ilali'il  •.'<• 
•Inly,  I  li)'>''),  .it'ti'i'  tiut  ■li.^atlrction  i-iiii«i'i|  liy  tlii'  arrival  nt'  iIh'  kiii;.''H 
niiniiiir>Hioii(>rri,  tlicy  H|M'iik  of  a  |ii'titiiiii  llii'i'tt  to  liin  iiiaji'Nty,  |irt'Hciiii'i| 
liy  till-  liaiiiU  III'  Alitaliaiii  Ciirliit,  "tor  llii'  iiilialiitantH  uf  Ni'w  llaiii|i- 
sliir«',  lis  llll  11  I'lilhil  if."  f  111  a  ili|iiisiliiiii  nt'  Hcvtral  ajitil  |iirwiiii.  iii- 
ilniliii;,'  Kihviinl  Ciilcnril.  lakrii  at  rii*iata(|na.  •.'■"»  Aii;Li:n><t.  KITCi,  tliry 
iiiaki'  iialli  ami  iiUlriii  "  llial  (  ajitaiii  .luliii  MaMiti  diil  iii'M-r  si'ttli'  any 
^oviTiiiiH'iit  nor  any  |irit|ili'  ii|iiin  any  laml  rii/hil  t/ii'  /iron'mi'  ufSiUJ 
Jliiiiilislilii\o\\  the  Kontli  sitlciit'  I'ixrataiiiia  Kivrr.  I'itlirr  liy  liiiiif«ilt',  or 
any  nt'  his  aj;i'iits  to  tliin  ilay."  %  In  an  iinniMf  |ii'liliun  nl'.Iioi'iili  .Ma»nn, 
tlic  a;:int  nf  till'  i-xi'ditrix.  tn  Ma^^acliiiMtl'..  in  May.  li'i.'i.'l.  In-  niakf^  nn 
rliiiiii  iitliiT  than  tn  tlii'  Larniiia  intircxt.  Nniiiin;,'  is  saiil  alimit  ntliir 
{.'rants,  ami  iinthin^  aliuiit  "  Nrw  llain|is|iii'i>,"  In  a  slatiiiiriit  of 
KolitTt  MiiHoirK  I'laim  III  HI" l-o,  rcfi'it'iici'  is  maili'  tn  .Inhn  .MaMin's 
various  I'ranihisi's,  "  at'tirwanls  inlarm'il  "  ami  '"  mm' nillnl  Sue  llmiiji' 
x/iire."  Wtii'  it  imt  t'nr  tin'  aiii'lcntal  linnnwtamc  of  tlir  iiniMciiiinn 
ui'  this  t'laiin.  thus  lirin^nn;;  Inrwanl  a  naiiii'  iisiil  in  .Inhn  .Miimiu's 
|)ati>iit,  it  M  nut  iin|ir(ilialiii;  that  Ni'W  Ilani|isliirc  wniiiil  li.tvu  ri'joiri'il 
tn-ilay  in  tlit;  old  t'ii|iliniiious  Imliaii  naiiii;  of  "  l'is('ata<|na."  Ity  tin' 
ii|i|iointin('i't  of  a  coniniission  for  tint  •.Mivcrnini'iit  of  the  ti-rritnry  as  u 
in\al  |iroviin'i',  ill  l(17'.>,  tho  iiuine  "Ni-w  llaiiipshiru "  bft'uiiu'  li.st'il 
lipoii  the  plact'. 


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•  Si'c  Udkniiir.s  N.  H.,  I.  :!'.). 

t    'I'lic  italics  Hri'  laino. 

t  Original  Docuiia'iits  rduting  tu  N.  II.,  eillti'd  liy  Julni  S.  Ji'iiiU'Sii,  |i.  <i2. 


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It  woiilil  pnilmlily  1»'  ilniiii;  no  injiislicc  to  history  to  say  lliiit  tlio 
rccoifiiitioii  of  Unlicil  .Mason's  claim  to  tlit-  territory  of  New  llamp- 
sliirc.  l'o>irrt(i  liv  a  i,ni\iriiiiiiiit  iiiitViciully  l<i  tin-  lilu'rtii  ^  of  its  siilijfcls, 
was  oni' of  tlic  ;frt'atrst  niisfortiiiics  tliaf  could  lia\i'  hcfallfii  the  set- 
tlers oil  the  soil.  It  was  a  prolific  Mturee  of  amioyaiice.  which  contin- 
ued for  over  a  cuntiiry. 

To  lio  liack  once  more  to  tlu'  Lacoiiia  Conipany.  in  which  tlie  oriiiinal 
INIason  was  an  inlliiential  partner:  The  wlinle  history  of  their  proeeed- 
in;is  shows  that  they  never  intended  to  plant  a  colony  in  any  sense 
aiialoifoiis  to  those  cominunilies  which  sprung  up  elsciwhure  in  New 
Knudaiid.  It  was  chietly  a  tradinii  md  jiNhimi  company;  an  experi- 
ment, inspired  liy  a<lveiiture  and  speculation.  The  intended  basis  of 
its  openitions  was  the  ;:reat  lakes,  which  s<ein  eever  to  have  been  dis- 
covered, and  its  «fr»'atest  reliance  the  peltry  trade.  Tlu!  cultivation  of 
the  soil,  the  proper  foundation  of  all  such  enterprises,  was  rei;arded 
as  of  secondary  importance.  The  iion-resideiici!  of  tlu'  proprietors, 
and  the  al)seiic;e  of  anv  settled  jfoverimieiit,  were  serious  drawhacks 
to  the  liiiiidinu'  up  of  an  orderly  community.  The  letters  of  their 
factor,  Ambrose  (Jibbons,  to  the  adventurers  in  London,  were  full  of 
excellent  advici'  and  serious  warnings.  The  interest  of  the  settlers 
was  not  so  much  considered  as  the  p'  ilitable  returns ;  and,  when 
these  failed,  the  whole  scheme  failed.  "  Vou  complain,"  says  tlibbons, 
"of  your  returns.  You  take  tli«  course  to  have  littl"":  think  uot  "  tli'j 
great  looks  of  men  and  many  words  will  be  a  means  to  raise  u  plau- 
tution."  * 


*  Till-  Coinpiiny  of  Lauoiiia  was  probably  formed  soon  after  tlie  l-aconia  ]iat- 
ont  i)f  17  Nnvi-mbfr,  IH^'.I,  w.is  istiiieil.  It  was  an  iinincorporatfd  asso-'iatioii  of 
K'ss  than  a  (liixcn  |icrsi)iis,  till' most  (I*' wliose  names  arc  iiieiitioiieil  in  a  second 
{friiiit  i)t'  himis  on  lioth  sides  tlie  I'lscataqua  Hiver,  taken  out  for  their  benefit 
two  vears  later,  ;!  Xoveiiilier,  Kilib  Some  of  these  associates,  it  aitjiears,  had 
jireviously  lieeii  nieiiiliers  of  the  "  (^iiiM(hi  Company,"  wliicli,  hi'aded  by  Sir 
\\'iMiam  Alexander,  had  iiiidertakeii  the  conquest  of  that  province  as  a  jirivate 
enterprise,  under  the  (•onimiind  of  Sir  David  Kirke.  'flie  fur-traile  of  Canada, 
was  the  iiisi)iriiin'  motive,  united  to  what  niijjht  lie  accjiiired  by  conquest. 

"  l.o!  di'd  with  booty,  and  briiifiiiig  Chaniplidn  hiniself  as  ])risoiier,  the  expe- 
dition rttiiMied  triumphaiitly  to  Kiisihuid,  November  0,  ltJ2!l,  only  to  learn  that 
peace  had  been  for  several  months  restored,  and  that  by  the  articles  of  the 
treaty  all  their  hard-won  conquests  in  the  New  World  were  required  to  be  re- 
stored to  France. 

"  Amoiiff  the  most  stirrinft  members  of  the  ii.nv  sadly  baffled  Canada  Com- 
jiaiiy  was  one  Thomas  Kyre,  a  l^ondon  merchant,  who  had  acted  as  its 
Accountant  and  Treasurer,  Thomas  Waimertoii,  a  notary  luiblic  and  merchant 
of  boiidon,  George  UritUth,  another  London  merchant,  as  well  as  Captain  John 


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After  ^Insdii  liiid  sfciircd  liin  pntciit  of  10.'!.').  lie  Ihk]  t'niitliss  vi-iuiis 
(if  iiiuiinrs  mill  i|uit-iriit  kihI  riM'-t';iriu  t>i,iti-,  llo.uiiiM  lictuic  Iii>  niiinl. 
Ill   his  Iii^t  will,  UH   \vr  lifivr  iilrcailv   sfcii.   lie  rail--   lii-,   uiioji'    ^lanl 


Miisoii  mill  Sir  l''cnlin.iiiili)  ( ini-jjos,  ^(■l■lll  to  Iiiim'  Iu'imi  iiilii  c  >li'il  in  ihu  ( ';iiKula 
( 'oiii|i.'iiiy,  iiml  must  li.ivi'  ln'cii  cliii^triiicil  iil  \\<  (lidMstnnis  i>«iii'. 

"  'I'licM'  iii'-n  iii)>v  iiKjuiii"!  iiI'lLT  >()iiii'  sliorliT  ami  i'a>ii'r  way  ut  rcai'liiny  tlic 
fur  cDiiiitry  tliaii  Ity  llie  rivur  of  Canaila,  ami  one  '.vliiuli  ini,i;hl  nv  umiI  liy  tliv 
KiikIIxIi  vvitlKnit  intriii^ji'iiu'iit  of  the  late  treaty.  .  .  . 

"  It  was  Itut  ten  ilays  after  tlie  return  of  tlie  ("aiiaila  Co  Ivvpeilitioii  tliat.  a(,'- 
conliiiffly,  Sir  Ferdinamlo  (lorjjes  ami  ('ajitain  .loliii  Mason  tooji  ■  ,a  tor  iliein- 
selve.s  ami  tlieir  assixaates  a  y:raiil,  ilateil  Novemlier  IT,  li'J'.i,  oi'  a  larjiC  vaj.'iuly 
boumleil  ti'nitory  on  the  Iroi|iiois  Lake,  iianieil  /.urnn,'  i,  ami  ailinitleil  as  tluir 
associates  in  the  ])aleiit,  'riioinas  l'',yi'e,  'I'lioiiias  W'aiinerton,  Joiiii  Cotton,  Henry 
(iarihier,  (iiMir^'e  (iriHitii,  Kihvi"  (iiiy,  ami  lilie/er  Kyre.  The  sclu'iiir  of  Ilie-e 
jiatentees  is  aitpareiil  from  the  lan;;iiaL!e  of  the  yrant  itself.  It  wastoseuil  over 
earnot'.s  of  Imiian  triickiinoils  to  tlu'  l'is(,'ata(iiia.  ami  iiiilaile  them  at  the  facto- 
ries near  the  mouth  of  the  river,  ami  thence  to  transport  thi'iii  in  Imats  or  canoes 
up  the  I'iscatiKiiia  ;o  Lake  Ciiamplain,  !o  he  hartereil  there  for  peltries  for  e.vpor- 
talion  from  the  factorit's  to  Kurope.  For  the  lielter  accomitioilalioii  of  tiiis 
triitHc,  the  Company  were  auth(a'i/ei|  to  taki'  up  one  thoiis.inil  acres  of  lami  on 
the  Me  of  the  I'lscataijua  Uiverasa  site  of  their  factory;  hut  they  seem  not 
to  hino  avalleil  themselves  of  this  ]iriviley:e,  the  territory  at  the  mouth  of  tiie 
river  lieiiiit  acipiireil  by  the  ailventurers  uiiiler  a  su'osei|uciit  iiateiii." 

The  connection  heiweeii  tiie  Canada  Company  anl  tlie  Laconia  Company, 
thus  inilieateil,  ami  the  eircumslaiices  attemlini;  the  formation  of  the  latter,  are 
well  stated  in  a  volume  entitled  "  The  Isles  of  Slioais,  .\ii  Historical  Sketch,  hy 
John  Serilmer  Ji'imess,  second  edition,"  New  York,  Is7"),  pp.  •').'s-ii',t,  wriitt'ii 
from  iiiforinatioii  fjalhered  from  tln'  jiuhiic  archives  in  London.  The  e.\tra(;ts 
ahove  quoted  are  taken  from  that  liook. 

David  Ki.ke,  wliile  in  the  Canada  waters,  iiad  prohaldy  heard  of  the  treaty 
of  peace  of  the  14tli  ('.Mlh  N.S.)  of  April  of  tiiat  year,  hut  lie  chose  to  i^nioie  il, 
and  of  eom>e  tlu'  nu'inhers  of  the  Canada  ('(unpany  at  lionie  knew  of  it  somi 
alter  it  took  ])lace  (the  kinfj:'s  i)roclamatioii  was  dateil  ID  .May,  lti2'.t)  ;  Init  no 
one  know  what  precise  hearin}r  it  would  have  on  the  larn'c  interests,  which  the 
Companv  niii;lit  have,  to  he  alTeeted  hy  it.  Charles,  however,  )iiivc  his  word  to 
the  Frt'iich  minister  ttiat  every  thinu'  captiireil  should  he  at  once  restoreil, 
'J'his  was  a  j^rievoiis  Idow  to  the  Canada  merchants,  who  had  fitted  out  their 
fleet  at  a  cost  of  Ct')(),()l)l) ;  and  they  did  not  relimiuish  their  property  without  a 
struj^-Ltle.  K'rke  claimed  that  the  laryer  part  of  the  skins  wliicn  he  hroiisiht 
home  had  heeii  obtained  hy  trading  with  the  Indians.  In  a  London  newsdetter, 
dated  18  Novemlier,  1(i2'.l,  is  the  following: :  "  Upoti  the  French  ainhassatlor's 
great  eoinplaints  aiiainst  Kirke,  for  his  action  in  Canada,  (he  matter  hath  heeii 
debated  in  Council ;  and  it  is  thought  that,  for  the  good  of  the  i-eaee,  the  iihu.'o 
will  be  restored  unto  the  French,  although  there  is  nothing  as  yet  resolved  about. 
Neither  is  there  any  order  hitherto  taken  between  the  two  States  for  the  settling 
of  the  trade  for  the  time  to  come,  or  the  satisfying  of  the  merchants'  eom- 
lilaint.s  for  the  time  past."     (The  Court  and  Times  of  Charles  the  F'irst,  IL  4;J.) 


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nil  flic  l*is(':itM(|iiii  "my  ooiiiity  of  Xt'W  Iliimpsliiro,  or  IMaiiiuir  of 
Miisoii  Hull."  lie  luiil  tlii'ii  iMi  cliiirtcr  of  ;;ovci'iiiiit'iit.  tlioiHili  lit' 
iiiiiy  Ikivc  iiitcink'd  to  iirociuv  oiif,  uh  (loryis  ultci'wiinl.s  (li<l  for  Maine. 


Till'  li)iiii:il  iisinriitidii  (if  <2iU'lii'c  to  Friinii'  diil  not  take  iilatv  till  tlio  •')  July, 
1  (■.:!•_>. 

Ii_\  Mil  Miliilitniiiii  in  I'liiis,  it  \vii>  lU'cidcil  that  tlii'  Fivni'li  ndviTiinifiit  >li(ml(l 
\y.\\  L'Jo.iMio  to  Kiiki'  as  an  imk'ninil v  for  liis  loss,  nnd  the  jfoviTiinii'iit  pli'dnLMl 
liiat  Sinn,  hiil  not  a  penny  was  )iaiii.  IJy  llii'  treaty  of  luace,  it  was  a^reeil 
liitweeii  the  two  erowns  that  tlieri'  slioiilil  lie  no  restitution  for  prizes  taken  on 
eitlier  side,  hefore  the  dnti'  of  tin-  treaty,  ami  no  reprisals  slioiild  he  made  for 
such  eajUures.  See  "The  First  Knjjlish  Coiiiiuest  of  Canada,"  hy  Henry  Kirke, 
^I.A.,  London,  1^71,  pii.  tl:'.-'.'!! ;  I'arkinan's  "  I'ionei'rs  of  France  in  the  New 
Worhl,"  lip.  lOl-lil.  See  also  the  Treaty  of  Sn/e  in  Wyiner,  vol.  xix.  p.  ,HH  ; 
and  the  I'roilaniaiion  of  I'eaiewith  France,  dated  .May  K),  l(J"_".t,  in  the  winio 
vohnne,  p.  liH. 

The  first  vessel  which  the  Company  of  Laeonia  desiiatched  to  I'lscataquii 
was  sent  out  from  London  the  Ijist  of  .NLircli,  Ifilld,  and  hy  the  1st  of  .Mine  had 
arrived,  with  Walter  Neal,  jjovernor,  and  Anilirose  (iihlions,  factor,  and  some 
others.  In  the  follow  iiif;  year,  others  were  .sent.  At  the  end  of  three  years, 
the  luiiicipal  associates  hcinne  diseoiirajied  hy  the  inaile(|uate  rt'turiis,  and 
the  alk'ued  unfaithfulness  of  a  master  of  one  of  the  'shinii-vessels  ;  and  in  ii 
letter  to  their  factor,  dated  the  otli  Decemher,  ]i><V2,  they  say:  "They  have 
no  lUsire  to  jiroceed  on  further,  until  Captain  Neal  come  hither  to  confer 
with  tliiin,  that  hy  conference  with  him  they  may  settle  tliinfis  in  a  ln-tter 
order.  We  have  written  unto  ('ajitaiu  Neal  to  dismiss  the  household,  only  sui'h 
as  will  or  can  live  of  themselves  may  stay  u]ion  our  plantation,  in  such  con- 
venient jilace  as  Captain  Neal,  Mr.  (iodfrie,  ami  you  shall  think  fit ;  and,  after 
conferi'uce  had  here  witli  Captain  Neal,  they  shall  have  a  reasonalile  quantity 
of  land  granted  unto  them  liy  deed."     See  notes  (A)  (I{). 

These  letters  were  not  received  till  tiie  7  June  followinj;,  and  Cajitain 
Neal,  beinj,'  called  home,  left  the  colony  lo  July,  and  sailed  from  Boston  (1 
Aut;u8t.  Aecordiuff  to  instructions,  the  care  of  the  house  at  Newichewanick 
was  eonunittetl  to  (iihlions,  that  at  I'aseattaway  (I..ittle  Harbor)  to  Edward 
(iodfrie,  and  that  at  Strawherry  I^ank  to  Tiiomas  Warnerton.  Not  lonj;  after 
the  jirohalile  arrival  of  Neal  in  London,  the  company,  on  the  0  December, 
made  a  division  of  the  land  on  the  north-east  side  of  the  river  (tlie  document 
from  which  I  (luote  says,  clearly  by  mistake,  the  "  north-west  side"),  and  of  the 
"  swiuo  "  belontiiufj  to  the  comiiany.  They  also  "ajjreeil  that  Pascattawa}' 
bouse  and  the  house  at  Strawberry  IJank,  and  all  the  islands  and  isletts  within 
tlie  river  of  I'iscattaway,  tof;ether  w  ith  all  the  laud  on  the  south-west  side  of  the 
saiil  river  which  is  mentioned  in  the  i)atent,  as  also  the  Isles  of  Shoals,  and  the 
bouse  at  Newichcwanock,  with  the  laud  thereunto  belonjjing-,  shall  remain  in 
common  imtil  a  division  tliercof  hereafter  to  be  maile."  The  division  of  lands  on 
the  north-east  side,  made  at  this  meeiin^t,  is  referred  to  in  a  letter  of  (iorges  and 
Mason  to  Warnerton  and  (iiblious,  dateil  Portsmouth  (Knjjlaud),  5  May,  lOijl, 
in  which  is  enclosed  a  c<i])y  of  the  draft  of  the"  lauds  and  bounds  agreed  upon 
lor  every  man's  part  " ;  and  a  further  division  of  all  tlic  "  movables  "  left  in 


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Wliiitcvci'  liis  intciitidiH  ni:iy  li;i\r  liccii.  witlioiit  a  mlicil  cliini^i'  i<\' 
[Milii'v  uihI  uiriisiiiTi.  lit!  never  woiilil  li:i\r  nihccimIiiI  in  iMiiMiiiL;'  iin  a 
colony  on    tlifsc   .sln)i'i's.      Dtiitli    pul    tin   end    to  lii«,    x  licnirs.      New 


trust  hy  Xi-al  with  WiinuTton  ami  (iil)ln)ns  was  hIsh  imw  iliri'cti'il  to  lie  iiiiiiU'. 
It  ajipiMirs  tinit  >ras(in  liml  iu>w  Ixiiii^jit  out  tiu- sharps  otMohn  Cotton  .uhI  iiis  lii;- 
ccasi'il  ItrothiT,  William  Cot'oii,  so  lliat  lu'  ami  (inrycs  now  owiicil  tou'i'llnT 
oiR'-hair  of  tlii'si'  cll't'cts,  ami  of  this  oiu'halt'  Nhr-on  owiicil  thrci'  I'oiuili-^. 
(Mason  also  H])]H'ars  to  have  owni'il  imli'pi'nih'iilly  of  the  ri'->t  >iiim'  cow"  ami 
ffoats.)  'I'lic  ivinaiiiini;  (inc-hair  hi'lonm'il  to  lliu  othfi- ailviiilMrcrs,  (loruis 
anil  Mason  iliri'cti'il  thi'ir  own  shares  to  he  paiil  over  to  Henry  Jo^si'lyn,  who 
now  eanie  over  estju'eiHlly  to  look  after  Mr.  .MaM>n's  interest.     Sic  note  (('). 

They  eaeh  ffive  notiei-  that  they  have  now  >ent  over  nu'U  to  wori;  m|miii  their 
several  divisions  of  I  mil,  tiial  Mason  hail  »ei;t  over  two  saw  iniil-,  with  iK'npk- 
ami  provisions  to  set  them  np,  ami  eaeh  hail  uiven  authority  to  iii\  ite  and 
"receive  such  others  as  may  he  hail  to  lie  tenants,  to  ])lant  and  live  there,  lor 
the  more  speedily  peoplin;,'  of  the  country."  No  I'lu'iiuraiienii'nt  was  ijiveii  th.'il 
the  other  partners  would  adventure  this  year  to  the  plantation,  and  we  find  iiu 
instructions  from  them  as  to  the  disposal  to  he  made  of  the  other  half  of  the 
divided  elTects,  or  as  to  their  future  plans  or  intentions.  Mason  instructs  (iih- 
lions  in  his  letter  of  5  May,  111:11,  to  diseharne  the  servants,  and  all  that  are 
upon  the  company's  ehin';:e,  and  to  jiay  them  olT  in  ln'a\  er,  ahoul  wliicii  he  will 
hear  more  at  larfie  from  the  company,  (iilihons  replies  to  Mason's  letter,  under 
date  of  6  Aufjust,  sayiiifi  that  the  servants  had  heen  jiaid  their  wajzes  for  the 
past  year,  hut  that  he  shall  e.\])ect  ii  "general  letter"  hefore  payiu;^'  them 
their  old  wages  or  dividing  the  goods,  Sa:.,  or  a  further  letter  from  him. 

Although  the  adventurers  as  a  hody  may  not  have  made  any  fm-ther  ad- 
vances to  the  colony  after  their  letter  of  5  Deccinher,  ItWi'J,  referred  to  ahove, 
still  the  c<unpany,  as  we  have  seen,  was  kept  alive  to  a  later  period,  tor  the 
purpose  of  winding  ny  its  alTairs. 

To  what  extent  Mason  ])ursucd  the  liusiness  alone  on  the  east  sidi-  the  river 
after  the  date  of  the  letter  of  instriK.-tions  of  5  May,  ltJ34,  we  may  not  fully 
know,  or  whether  any  thing  was  done  hy  him  or  hy  any  other  of  the  advi'ut- 
urers  on  the  west  side.  I  have  seen  no  evidence  of  any  division  having  lieen 
made  of  the  hnnl  on  the  west  side  of  the  river.  Iluhh.ird,  in  speaking  of  Little 
llarhor,  and  the  Manor  to  he  erected  there  hy  .Mason,  says,  "  Hy  consent  of 
the  rest  of  the  undertakers,  in  some  after  division,  that  jiarcel  of  land  fell  to 
liis  share,  and  is  nienticmed  in  his  last  will  and  testament  hy  the  mime  of 
Mason  Hall."  Iluhhard  prohahly  infers  that  it  fell  to  Mason's  share  "  hy  a 
division,"  because  he  mentions  it  in  his  will;  whereas,  in  this  instrument. 
Mason  claims  and  wills,  as  his  property,  his  whole  grant  of  New  Hampshire,  of 
22(1  April,  h'M,  which  included  the  part  mentioned  by  Iluhhard.  Mason  died 
before  the  clo.se  of  the  year  Iti:!,").  What  course  was  taken  hy  the  late  partners, 
or  by  the  heirs  of  Mason,  during  the  two  following  years,  we  have  hut  few 
contemporary  documents  to  inform  us.  In  l(j;!8,  Mrs.  Mason,  the  widow  and 
e.xecutri.x  of  the  late  John  .Mason,  appointed  Francis  Norton  her  general 
attorney  for  her  whole  estate  in  those  parts.  "  But,"  says  Dr.  Belknap,  "  the 
expense  so  far  exceeded  the  income,  and  the  servants  grew  so  impatietit  for 


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llMin))~liii'r  liti^  liiit  link'  ciMisi'  Id  i'|ii'ri>li  liis  rni'iiiDry  ;  .-iml  lit-  wuiilil 

|il'iili;ilils'     lllISC    Ikm'II    tin'i^olli'll    lillt     I'dI-    tll<'    :|i'i'ii|l'lll;il     ri'\i\;il     of    \i\A 

iiiiiiif,  l>)  llir  chiiius  III'  his  liciis,  wliu   ii^cil   ilicm  ;i^  :(ii   iiistruiiioiit  to 


tlicii' MricMi'.-,  tli;it  >\w  WHS  ulilisicil  In  rcliiic|\ii>li  tlic  ciiri'  of  llu-  pliiiitiilinii,  iiml 
ti'll  lilt' MTViiiiiM  lliiii  llicy  mii>t  sliil't  liir  iliciii.«flvc> ;  ii|i(iii  wliiili  tiicy  sjiiiiiil 
t  lie  y(M  Ills  II  III  I  (Ml  III'."  ( 'liiii''^c>  Were  iirii'l\\;iiiU  lnoiiulit  jif^iiiii.-l  Iiit  ilj;ilils  Mini 
Miviml*  I'lir  "  imiicz/liii;;  llic  ("tiilc."  Vcjirs  nlliTw ;inl,  llie  cliiims  of  Itiiiiurt 
Mmm'Ii  bniii^lit  mil  ili'|iii«iiiiiiis  ul' olij  ]i('ii|il(',  uri  Imtli  kIiIo,  Irnin  wliii'li  kiiiiu> 
triilli  may  ln'  '^IciiiU'il  ;  Iml  nil  .xiiili  iluriimi'iiN  >liimlil  lie  rci'civcil  with  t'litilliin. 
In  Marcli,  IH'il,  Mrs.  Miisiiii  iHi|iMiiili'il  Jiim'|i1i  Miismi  in  ciiim'  uvcr  iiiul  Inok 
at'U'i' tile  I'slM'.u  III' licr  lale  liiisliMiiil  licic  ;  anil  in  lliat  saiiir  year  In-  liroii^lit  ii 
Micrcssl'iil  siiii  ill  tilt'  Massacliiisctts  courts  M;;aiii>t  Uiclianl  I/caili'i' lor  fiicroacli- 
iiifi  ujioii  till-  laiul.s  at  Nuwiflifwanick.  Two  yt-ars  latiT,  lit- iiri-Kfiitt'il  a  ]it'liil(iii 
afjainst  siiiiilry  inliuliitanls  of  Sirawlicrry  Hank  ami  otliors,  for  fncroacliiiiK 
upon  tilt'  |iro|ii'rty  of  tlif  Lacimia  pali'iit,  "  inolt'stiim  our  tt'iianl>,  ami  ili^posin^ 
(if  our  lands  ami  of  our  tfiiants,  wliit-li  for  sixti't-n  yi'iirs  jiasf  was  (rranlt-il  unto 
tlii'in  liy  li'iist'  from  tlii'  flii'ii  a^it'iilM  of  the  |iro|irii'tors,"  l^ic. ;  ami  lie  prays  fiir 
rt'iii'f  in  "  tliu  luliaif  of  Mistress  Amif  Mason  ami  the  ri-st  of  tlit-  proprii'lorM.'' 
This  would  show  that  otlit-rs  of  the  Laconia  propriftors  still  had  iiii  intfri'st  in 
tilt'  lands  on  the  wt'st  side  of  tlit'  rivtT.  In  all  thi'su  claims  inaik'  liy  Mrs. 
Mason,  her  whole  rofcrt'iicc  is  to  her  late  husliaiid's  interusl  in  the  Laconiii 
{'om]iaiiy.  No  mention  is  made  of  the  ;;rant  of  New  lliimpsliire,  I;,  that  or  hy 
any  other  name,  claimed  liy  Uoliert  Mason  after  the  liestoration.  Indeed,  to 
lioliirl  Mason's  first  petition,  in  KitiO,  appear  the  names  of  Henry  (iardiner  anil 
IJeoriie  (iridiiie  ((irillilh),  two  of  the  partners  of  the  Laconia  ("ompaiiy. 

The  operations  of  the  I.aconia  Company,  wiiose  franchises,  as  we  have  already 
seen,  wfre  ipiite  ilistinct  from  those  of  Kdward  Hilton  and  his  associates,  were 
chielly  III!  the  east  side  of  the  river,  on  lands  snhseijueiilly  included  in  (iornes's 
trriiiit  of  New  Somersetshire  ;  and  Mason's  transaclioMs  after  the  division,  what- 
ever they  may  have  liceii,  were  iirincipally  confined,  no  douht,  to  the  same 
section.  This  territory,  at  first  called  "  I'ascataiiua,"  was,  in  l(i47,  incorporated 
as  "Kiltery,"  from  which  suhseiiiUMilly  the  towns  of  Kliot,  South  Herwick,  anil 
Jk'rwick,  have  lieeii  taken.  The  iierinanent  settlement  of  this  territory  should 
iindoiilitedly  date  from  its  occupation  liy  the  Laconiii  ('om]iany  in  l(i:!0. 

And  here  I  am  reminded  of  the  tendency  which  appears  to  have  existotl 
anionic  some  of  our  local  historical  writers  to  antedate  the  settlements  on  the 
eastern  coast.  Williamson,  in  his  History  of  Maine  (L  24:1-4).  says  that  some 
of  the  territory  on  its  western  liorder,  early  known  as  I'ascataqua,  was  settled 
i.T  early  as  \ii'2i.  He  evidently  infers  this  from  a  supposed  ctumection  and  in- 
tercourse lietweeii  this  section  and  the  settlements  of  Dover  and  I'ortsmoutli, 
all  liearini;  the  same  j^eiieral  name. 

Williamson  also  says  (I.  227)  that,  "  us  early  ns  1G23,  a  permanent  settle- 
ment was  commenced  at  Saeo."  His  principal  authority  for  this  statement  is 
the  lanj^'iiage  of  the  iiatent  to  Nines  and  Oldhiim  of  lOi'll-IiO,  recltinff  that  Dld- 
liani  and  his  servants  had  lived  "  in  New  Knjiland  "  for  six  years  preceding. 
He  supposed  that  they  had  lived  tit  Winter  llarhor,  where  Vines  is  known  to 
have  passed  the  winter  of  1010-17.     Kow  (Jldliain  and  his  servants  came  to 


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illllKiy   Mini    |M  r|i|r\    till'   sctllt  IS  (III    ||||.   >i,i|.    u|„,   III), I   nci|iiiiv.l   ;i   ij.jlil    (o 

tlifir  lioiiH'^ti'iiils  iiml  r:irin>  liy  Ihmm  iiiiili^iiirliiil  iin^sc^icn. 

Ill  COIiclllsinli.  Ill   (III-  liviiliriir  Xrw  I  l;ilii|i>llili'  lii>tnr\'  ImmT  ill  lililnl 


riyiiuiiitli  in  li!'J:'>,  in  the  Aiiik,  .'iinl  Iimi!  smui'  l.iiiil  ,'i>>iL!iiiM|  to  tliini  in  tin' 
foliowiii^'year.  lie  WiHiitUTWiii'iJs  rxpi'lli'ij  fnnn  llint  ciiiiiiiiiuiity  ;  Init  lie  iumt 
Hcttlcij  nil  the  l.'iinl  nfillltiij  tii  liilii  Mini  Viin'>,  fitinr  liclofi'  ur  iiltir  llii'  |Ml(iit 
\\t\'  ri'Ci'ivcil. 

This  Kiiinc  writer  (I. 'J.'il)  f'olious  Dr.  Uclkimp,  in  lii»  Life  i,{  !•' Om'^ji's  in 
fixing  npini  tin-  hhiiu'  in'riml  us  timt  at  uliiili  ^rpants  of  laml  wi-i-i'  iiiinli'  to 
soiiii' iiii'inlicrs  ol  the  (iorncs  tiiinily,  of  I'.'.dllO  acri's  on  cacli  xiilc  the  Vm  k 
llivcr,  at  wliii-ji  tiiiiu  Williiini  (Jorfrcs,  IJciit.  Col.  Norton,  ami  oilii'r>,  i  iinic 
over  with  all  tlio  iieccssarv  inatcrials  for  iMiililiii^'  vom'U,  «awiiiills.  \i'.  '|  his 
error  of  ahoiit  a  ili'i'adi' of  years  ornirreil  l)y  a  inlsreailliii;  ot  (;or;;e«'K  iniper- 
feut  narrative,  where  the  ('lirono|ot.ry  of  events  is  rarely  noteil,  or  is  ineoriecilv 
tfiveii.  Itut  WillianisDii  c;ratuitously  makes  this  aihlition  to  the  aceoiiiit  ;  vi/., 
that  tlio  inimediale  nnrmy:emeiit  of  the  enterprise  was  intrusted  to  firdinamlo 
(iorjies,  the  grandson  of  Sir  Ferdinamlo,  "a  yoiiiiK  gentleman  of  rank  and  am- 
bition." Now  the  truth  i.s  that  the  ^laiit  of  11^,0(1(1  acres  on  each  side  the  York 
Uiver  was  iiiadi'  'i  Deci'inlier,  Itl;!!.  !•".  (iorKen,  the  Ki'imilsoii,  was  interi'sted  in 
the  grant  tlM-oiigh  his  grandfather,  who  eauseil  his  name  to  he  inserted  in  Ihi- 
patent  ;  hut  he  was  only  lini  m-  i/nn  i/ims  -</</  at  tiiis  time.  'I'lie  period  iiitlicrto 
assigned  for  this  grant  and  settlement  was  some  six  year-  hetore  he  was  horn. 
Jliit  1  will  not  jiuisiie  this  rather  irrelevant  eriticisiii  further. 

(A) 

The  bark  "  Warwick,"  wliicb  bronglit  over  Xeal  and  fiibbons  in  lOiiO,  eanu' 
to  New  I'jigland  again  in  the  fidlowing  year;  sailing  from  "  the  I )owiies  "  1 
tluly,  ItWii,  and  arriving  at  the  harbor  of  I'iseataiiua  tiie '.Mb  ScptiinbiT.  She 
may  iit  this  time  have  lirongbt  over  to  the  colony  some  of  those  stewards  and 
.servants  of  the  Laconia  Company,  whose  arrival  Adams,  in  his  Annals  of  Ports- 
mouth, places  under  the  year  \>V.'A,  (Of  course  he  ens  in  including  Nc.il  and 
(iiblions  in  that  list,  and  ijuitc  likely  as  to  others.)  The  "  Warwick  "  then,  on 
the  l!»th,  sailed  directly  for  Virginia  and  the  I'otomac  IJiver.  Jler  factor,  Henry 
I""l<'et,  had  commission  from  her  owners  to  be  absent  one  year  "  for  trade  and 
discovery."  In  the  following  winter,  she  bronglit  thence  a  cargo  of  corn  to  I'is- 
eataiiua, and  on  her  retnr  ^  to  the  South  jiut  into  Salem  and  IJostiui,  (Mi  the 
'Jth  April,  1(132,  she  saiico  from  Boston  for  Virginia,  where  she  remaineil  for 
collie  time  in  charge  of  her  factor,  trading  in  the  waters  of  the  Chesapeake. 
The  bark  belonged  to  (icorge  (Iriltith  and  Comiiany  ((ieorge  (iritlith  was 
one  of  the  liaconia  partners),  and  her  owners  sul>se(iuently  claimed  that  Fleet 
bad,  by  the  connivance  of  tJovernor  Harvey,  "  restrained  the  vessell  and  profits 
to  the  petitioner's  great  loss."  (irilHth  ajipears  to  have  had  other  schemes 
kindred  to  those  in  which  tlie  liaconia  Company  was  engaged.  In  lOoH,  in  a  peti- 
tion to  the  king,  ■'  he  sets  forth  his  great  loss  by  sending  men  to  the  river 
-\in;izon,  and  [ilanting  (ui  the  coast  of  (iiiiana,  through  the  Portuguese,  and  the 
treachery  of  the  natives,"  &c.  See  N'eill's  "  Knglish  Colonization  of  Aimrica," 
pp.  223-2;J7  ;  Wlntiirop,  I.  3',l,  71,  72  ;  Cal.  S.  1'.  Col.  Ser.,  pp.  I>s4,  270. 


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tliat  lliMt  State  u.'is  tiot  tiiiindi'il  liy  .fuliii  Miisnii,  iioi'  liy  llic  ('oiiipiiiiy 
<il'  l/:i('iMiiii.  oruliicli  III'  was  !i  iikmiiImt.  A  iicriiiaiMMit  siilliMiiciit,  hail 
ali'i'aily  lakt  ii  riMit  iiitu  il-^  soil  Itit'iiri'  tin-  liark  "Warwirk"  lirst 
!i|i|)fairi|  ill   ill)-    l'iM'atai|iia  waters. 


(M) 

Siilriicli  Millar,  of  F.onilon.  I'ooiur,  ])ri'»i'Mtcil  n  iictitiim  tn  tlic  Privy  roiiiicil, 
miyiiifi  llmt,  liy  ii  (•mitriiit  iniiiic  wiili  ('n|)iiiin  .John  Miimiii,  ..'uliii  ( '.iltoii,  ami 
lli'iiry  (ianiiu'r,  mi  lii'liall'  of  tlie  rompMiiy  of  ailvciitiircrs  tor  tlic  i'roviiii'f  ot" 
Ijiconiii,  ill  New  Ijiu'liiiitl,  tlii'  pi'tilioiu'r  ami  two  MTvaiits  wiTi'  lraiis|iortiMl  to 
l'iscatai|iia,  wliiTi' tlicy  woi'kcil  ciiiliti'i'ii  iiioiitlis  for  the  Company  .Miiliir,  he- 
'i\\\i  M'lit  to  I'',iiir|anil,  ii'ft  IiIh  servants  lu'liiml  liiiii,  who  liavo  -iiici'  lu'cn  din- 
clmrnfil,  clcsiiiiitc  of  iiii'Miis  or  frii'inls,  'i'hc  (iovi'rnor  would  not  pay  tlii-ir 
imssMui' inoiicy,  ami  thi'  ('oiii]iaiiy  will  not  pay  what  is  iliie  to  thcin  ;  prays 
that  the  (  oiniiany  may  he  orilcri'il  to  pay  thf  inoni'y  iliii'  to  him  am!  lii«  two 
servants  tor  tlic  work  dom'  aefordinj;  to  the  I'ontract.  See  Cal.  S.  1*.  Col., 
p.  MM;  Folsom's  Original  Doc.,  p.  H.  .Millar  may  have  rt'tiirneil  to  Knulaiiil  witU 
Ni'al  in  August,  Kill;',  some  eljilit  of  Neal's  i:oiiipiiiiy  having;  none  hiiek  witli 
liini  at  that  time. 

The  I.aeoiiia  associates  in  London,  after  the  suspension  of  their  operiitions, 
seem  to  liiive  had  dissensions  anion);  themselves,  result in^  in  law-suits,  the  evi- 
dence of  which  e.xists  amoni;  the  Kecords  of  the  Privy  Council  and  of  the  (^oiirt 
of  l!e(|uests.  See  N.  K.  Hist,  and  (ieiieal.  He;;.,  VIII.  1  tJ,  1  I:! ;  Jeniiess's  Isles 
of  Shoals,  l.s.')-p.i(».  'riiomas  K3re  was  jtrohalily  secretary  of  the  (Nimpany.  Ilo 
had  heeii  secretary  of  the  Canada  Company;  and  in  June,  h'i'-'i'2,  was  olioseii 
secretary  for  the  Council  for  New  lui^liind. 

The  editor  of  the  Provincial  Papers  relatin.ii  to  N.  II.,  a  valimMe  work, 
often  consulted  hy  me,  at  p.  IV.)  of  Vol.  I.,  assumes  that  TlKunas  Warnertou, 
the  Kacoiiia  associate,  is  identical  with  the  emifjrant  who  hore  the  same  name  ; 
though  iu'  had  imineiliatcly  liefore  him  a  letter  of  the  partners,  dateil  at  liondon, 
5  Dccenihcr,  Mo'J,  sif^ned  hy  Warnertou,  amonjj  others,  in  wliicii  instructions 
are  ;,'ivi'n  to  the  eiiii;;rant  here.  The  liaconia  associate  was  ii  notary  ]iiihlio 
and  nu'rcliani  of  London,  and  is  found  livin;;  there  in  l(i:!'J,  Itll!:!,  and  l(l;i(). 
'I'homas  Wariierton,  the  einii^rant  (sutliciently  illustrated  hy  Wintlirop  and 
his  editor,  II.  177,  17H),  had  Ik  en  a  soldier  ;  quite  likel}'  he  was  u  son  of  the 
])roprietor,  and  "  left  his  cmintry  for  his  country's  ifood."  Iluhliard's  account 
of  the  windiiifi-  up  of  his  career,  ])[).  484,  4.So,  is  taken  from  Winthroii.  See 
.Jeniiess's  Isles  of  Shoals,  lid  edition,  p.  (il  ;  Sainshiiry's  Cal.  (Col.),  p.  '28'J. 


L  The  Tiidi'iitiin'  of  David  TIioiiisoii  iiiid  his  lliroe  puvtiiers, 
of  Plyinuiitli,  I'iiigliiiul,  here  follows]  :  — 


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^tlidcO  •>('  Cuvi'iiiiMiiti  3inlriifii|  inmlc  Mini  .'HfrfTd  on  ;  llic  (iMiic. 
tcilllll  fliivr  (if  I  K'ccinlicr.  in  tlir  tVM'llliclll  VcillC  nf  llic  Ulli'.'Mf  nf 
our  G(>rici;.ni((  I/onI  JaillCQ  liy  the  y;i'ii<'<'  otyoil  of  l';ii;.'liiii(|  Kiiiihmi' 

illld    In  IiIImI     Kill^'     DrfriiiliT    III'   till'    tliilll    \<'.     And    ot    Srnlhlnl     \\[r 

Sixit  illld  lillirili  DrtlurciU  Daiiid  'riMiiiiMin  nf  I'lviiiniiili  in  lin' 
Cniiiitv  (if  drvmi  ift'iitlnn.'iii  of  lliuni'  |i:ii'l*-.  IVnd  Alinilnitn  (  oIiih  r 
^ii^ll^lils  Slicrwill,  iind  I^iitiiiird  I'liiiu'iy  of  I'l}  inmilli  tifnii'sjiid  iii;ii- 
clliints    nf  tll'dtlltT    |i;ll'(i-. 

imprimis,  wliorcH  tho  ('oiincill  (st.ililislicd.  liy  llir  s;iid  lviii},'H 
Ma""  I.ri's  pjitnits.  for  tliii  riiliin.',  (irilcrinyi'  iV;  <li-*|iu>inu  of  ilic  icrry- 
foiii'H  and  aHiiyii's  of  Nrwi'  Kni,daiid  in  Aiinrira,  |)itllC  Lriaiiiitcd  viito 
tlialioni'  iianii'd  Daiiid  'riionison,  lii.x  licircs  and  assiuiics.  for  ever.  Si\c 
'I'iioiisand  ari'cs  i>\'  land,  and  oiii-  Hand  lycinu  iV.  Iirini;'  in  iV  \|ioii 
till!  coastcot'  Ni'wc  KiiLrlaiid  aforesaid,  \v"' dyiii'i. -  Ifoyaltics,  yininiinilii-i 
|»ris(ltMi<f('s  fraiiclii^i  s  and  lilti'itics.  Ax  l»y  tlio  same  jiiaiint.  In  iiiiii;;c 
dale  tlu!  Sixtci'iilli  dayct  of  Octolirr  lastc  pasli'  nioic  at  liii'irc,  it  dotiici 
iV  niayt>  a|i|H'ar»',  wVub  farllicr  wliraivas  also  tiic  said  Danid  'I'lioinson 
by  Ills  deed  Indcntid  licaninif  datr  w"'  tlicsc  |i'>('nts  Ijiill)  fnily  and 
ulisoliilcly  i,'raiiiitod  llic  foiirctli  paiti'  of  all  tlio  said  Hand  \v"'  tlia|p|>"'- 
ti-rifics  tiicrcvnto  liclonj;iiin'  or  in  any  wisi-  a|)|p('rtt'yniiii:t'.  unto  lliaiioiii' 
iianifd  Alitaliain  Colincr  Nicliolas  SIii'invIII  and  lironard  roinny 
tlu'ir  JK'ii'i's  iV;  assiitncs  forever,  w"'  ('ovi'iianiitr  also  tlierein  expressed, 
to  <,'rann(e  and  convey,  vino  tliein  tlieir  lieires  and  assijines  in  tVee  siin|i|e, 
the  foiiretli  parte  of  tlu'  iiefore  reeyted  Sixe  tlioiisand  acres  of  land  and 
other  tho  preinysses  w"'  thapp"'terincs.  As  by  the  said  deed  tlieieof 
Indentid  to  tlieiii  made  inou;  plainely  and  at  lai'i^*'  it  doth  i^  inayu 
up[)ear('.  Ju  CoilsiOcVlUOU  whereof  it  is  hillie  conenannted  i^  aureed 
by  Hud  betweeiie  the  said  jiarties  to  these  presents  in  manner  and 
forme  l'ollo\vin<;e.  that  is  to  saie        "         "         •'         "         '• 

JFirst,  that  they  the  said  Ahrahani  Coliner  Nicholas  Sherwill.  and 
Leonard  I'oinerie  their  lieires  and  assignes,  shall  and  will  at  their  owne 
proper  costes  and  chari;('s.  this   present  yeare  provid  and  send,  two 


men,    with    tlic^    said    Daiiid    Tlioin^on,    in    the 


lip 


called   the 


.loiiathan  of  I'lyinoiith  aforesaid  (by  jfods  permission)  to  be  landed  in 
Newe  Kiii^land  aforesaid,  w"'  soe  miiclie  viclnalls  it  proiiisioii<,  as 
shall  siitlice  them,  till  they  be  their  landed.  And  yf  they  land  there, 
within  the  space  of  three  moiieths,  after  the  saiil  shipp  shall  passe 
Kamehed,  The  residue  of  the  thre«'  moiieths  victiialls  (yt  any  be)  shall 
be  delynered  to  the  said  Danid  'riiomson,  at  his  landinii,  there,  the  said 
men  and  victiialls.  there  to  be  disposed  of.  by  the  said  Danid  Tlioinson, 
us  well  towards  the  tindinge  of  a  (itt  place  for  tliinteiided  plantacou 
there,  as  also  to  bejjiiii  the  same       "  "  *'         "         "         " 

JtCtn,  that  they,  the  said  Danid  'riiomson,  Aliraliam  Coliner,  Nicho- 
las Sherwill,  «&  Leonard  Pomerie,  thitir  lieires  and  assigiies,  shall  and 


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will  \\un  |in',"*ciit  vriiif,  at  tlirir  whim'  |irii|irr  coHfcs  iV  ('liiirj:(',  liml 
|iiiiiiii|i'  :iii<l  x'imI.  iIii'i'i'  MK'ii  inoi'r.  in  ilic  ^timmI  sliiji  ciillnl  tlir  I'ruiii- 
tlilirr  (it'  I'ImiimiiiIi  ;irnrr«.|lill,  vf  tln'V  lIlilVc  lie  m»  ;<iiI|IIi'  1,'nttni.  (  )r  ill 
Molllt'  otlin-  «lii|i|i  w"'  till'  llivt  t'\|irilir()||  tiiiil  liijiVf  Itc.  'I'u  lii>  iiNn  (li\ 
Uml  lii^  |>('l  lliv<>in|i)  JiMiilril  in  Nrwr  Imi^'ImMiI,  tlliil'  In  1m*  ili>|iiiHi'i|  nt' 
IIS  ,'itiii'oiiiil,  till'  ( 'liiii'urs  of  w''  nii'ii  l;i«tlir  inmi'iii'd  iirtt  to  lie  |i;iiil 
iiijii  liiiriii-  i'i|n;illif  lu'twrciir  tliciii  tin-  xiiiil  pai'tii's  tn  tlii-is  p^t'iits    *' 

iltCIM,  il  i"  liii'llirr  a^iTcii  liy  nmi  lictwicni'  ilic  sniil  |i,'irii('s  to  tlii'i:^ 
I'liits,  tliiit  two  null  ninri-  (niii-r  iV:  Hiiniii-  tin-  tiirnicr  tlirrc)  *li;il  lii> 
llii-i  ii'.-'iMit  ycai'c,  iH'iHiiiicil  \  sent,  in  tlir  tiirf>:il(t  slii|i|i  tint  .liiiiatliiiii  ; 
w"'  tlirir  \i>tiiaIU  jumI  |ii()iii>iiiiw.  To  Itc  likiwiM'  (liy  iiin|«.  |i('i'iny>sioii) 
laiiiird  ill  Ni'wr  l'lii;!l:iiiil  at'oi'oaiil,  tlu'  ('liai'L^c  of  w'''  two  iiicii  lastlic 
nu'iirot'il  SOI-  to  III'  si'iii,  sliajlit-  ri|iiiillii^  liorni'  ami  |iaiil,  lirtwiTiu' 
tlic  said  Daiiiil  'I'lionisoii,  Aliraliani  ('olini'i'.  Nirlmlas  Slu-rw  ill,  ami 
l-inii,inl   I'oimiic  "  "  ••  '•  "  '•  "  '• 

illCin,  il  !■*  I'litliiT  iiiircfd  l»y  and  lutwci'iir  llic  said  |iaitics  to  tlicis 
fiiits.  tliat  allcr  ^\{i-\u-  tyiiic  as  tlif  said  Daiiid  'I'Iioiiimui.  And  tlic  tore- 
said  Sfavii  iiirii  or  any  of  tlicni.  »lialli(' soc  laiidi'd  in  Ni-wi-  Kni;laiid 
as  aforesaid  I'lit-  said  |icr.Hi)iis  sot'  lamli-d.  sliail  and  will  vsi'  their  lirnt 
Mndfavor.  (liy  llm  diri'i'ci'oii  of  tlie  said  Daiiid  'riioniMiii)  w"'  as  nincln' 
(■oii\cniriicic  a>  iiiaye  lif.  to  lind  oiitc  soiiir  litt  plac'c  or  plaecs  tlicrc, 
for  the  clioisc  of  tlif  said  Sixe  tlioiisand  acres  of  land,  acc()rdin<ie  to 
tli'inti'iit  of  tlic  uraiiiit  aforesaid;  IVub  also  of  sonic  litt  place,  to  settle 
and  iSiiilde  some  Ihuim's  or  luiildin^s  for  lialiilacons.  On  w''  tliey  are 
to  Iieuyii.w"'  as  ihiicIk!  exiicdii'on  a^  they  iiiaye.  To  the  lyinits  and  pre- 
ciiicls  of  w'''  lialiilacons  or  luiildiii^Ll's  soe  intciited  to  he  ihere  erected, 
there  sliaihe  allotted,  of  the  lamles  next  therennto  adioyiiiii;.^',  at  or 
hcfore  theiid  of  live  yeares.  next  eiisiiiiifi  the  date  Inreof.  the  full  ipiaii- 
titie  of  Sixe  hundred  acres  of  land,  or  neeie  therealioiites.  Ul'j)  said 
Sixe  hiiiidred  acres  of  land,  w'li  all  and  singular  the  teiieiii"  and  liiiild- 
iiii;s.  that  niaye  he  raised  thereiipon,  diiriniie  the  said  space  of  live 
yeares.  tojictlier  w'li  the  Seas,  Kiiiers  liarhor  or  hariiors  ports  crei-ks 
and  all  and  sinv;eler  other  the  pr«niysse><  whalsoeu.  coiiteyned  w"'iii  the 
said  sixe  liiimlicd  acres  of  land.  w"'ilie  seas  Aneiit  the  same,  shall 
at  theiid  iV;  I'Xpiracon  of  the  said  live  yeares.  jje  ((iiiailie  dinided, 
lielweeiie  tlieiii  the  said  Daiiid  'I'lionison.  Ahrahain  Colnier.  Nicholas 
Slieiwii!  ami  Leonard  I'oiiieiy  hy  lotts,  '^ub  that  all  costs  charjis  and 
disliiirsnu'nts  whatsoeiier,  to  he  paid  &  layde  forth,  from  and  after 
the  landiiiii  of  the  said  men  or  any  of  them  in  Newe  Kn^laiid  aforesaid, 
towtnds  the  rimliinionte  of  the  said  sixe  ihoiisand  acres  of  land,  or  lor 
the  hiiildiiiiic  plaiiliiiL;  and  hiishandiinr.  of  the  said  sixe  luindred  acres 
of  land.  >hall  Diiriini'  the  said  live  yeares  he  eipiallie  horiie  and  jiaid. 
hetwceiie  all  the  said  parties  to  tlicis  p'seiits  (J|)C  resiiliie  of  the  said 
Sixe  thousand  acres  of  land,  to  he  also  in  snch  convenient  lyme  as  inaye 
be  Denidi'd  hetweeiie  them  the  said  parties  in  foiire  parts,  and  hy  lots  as 
aforesaid.  \v"'  all  the  seas  t\;  Hiiiers  Aneiit  the  same,  and  all  other  the 
preinxsses  to  the  same  heloiifrin;;.  Whereof  the  said  Danid  Thoiiisoii 
Ills  lieires  and  assi«;iies.  are  to  liaiie  three  (Quarters.  And  the  said  Ahra- 
hain Colmer   Nicholas   Slierwill  ^.V:   Leonard    I'oiuerie,  their   Iieires  ct 


>r.\ 


'.  (iii.i 

I'l'iMii- 

()i  ill 

-o  (l.v 

■   paid 

tlicis 
lal  Ih) 
ilhiiii  ; 

>ii)ii) 
iiistlio 

IWCilMf 
.'lllll 


UMMilfiicx,  ( >ni' (|iiMrtiT  aci'iii(liiij.'o  to  tin-  tiiic   iiitnit   iV.    iinviiiiii,' nf  the 
Ill->l    Idlnlr    ici-ylii|    tjnillllt.  to    tllilH    tlliTtn,    to     |)i)    ini|i|l'    llV    tllr    ^aiil 

Ditiiiil  'I'liKiii'iMi  Ilis  liriic-i  tV:  a-o'ijiiiii's         '•         "         ••         •• 

JJtCIH,  ii  in  liirllitT  iijirtTil.  I»y  ami  iu-twri'iM'  tlic  suit!  parlii'i*  tn  tin!-, 

p'scnt-t,  that    tln'  -iuiil    llaml.  w"'   the    i.'iiMiiiili'   .""iinIci.    Ilanriw.    KiMit 

|Hirls.  CiifU-*,  w"'  ill  a|»|i"li'rirKH   lliciTViitn   iirluiijiiiii;  at    till  iii|   uf  ilir 

Hiiiil  tivu  yt'tii'i'H.  kIiiiII  iiImm)  he  Dcviili-d  aiiiiiii<r»tt>  tlit'in.  Mm-  >aiil  |iaili("i 

ill  luiiic  |iiirtON,  liy  |nlt>  iis  iilnn"<aii|.  W  iM'iinr  iIm-  t^aiil  Daiiiil  'riinm-nii 

liin  li('irc>,  tV  ii>ii;fiics  art'  t(»  liaiic  IJin't'of  tlic  "^aiil  ruiii'  |iaiti  -j.  Aim!  tln- 

Hald  iVlinilmin  Ciiliiicr,  Nicliula'*  Sliccwill  ami    i.rdiianl    I'minrit',  tliiir 

licirt'H    anil    as<<i<riH->,   tliotlifr    fitiit'clli    jiarlr,  ai-ciinliii:_'i'    tu    tin-    inn' 

iiitiiit  iV  iiifaiiiii^'c,  of  llic  lastc  lict'oic  rcrylcil  ^'laniil    llaitnt'  to  iImiii 
iim^li  •»         •*         fc*         **         ••         «»         kt         «»         ft«         tt 

JltCltlt  fai'tliiT  it  is  i'lilly  <'oiiriiaii(('il  t\c  a<rn'cil  liy  ami  licfwcciic  tlxi 
Kaid  |»arli<'H  tit  tlii-ij^  fuits,  'i'lial  ail  rostc.x,  rliaii;'.  ix|iiii>rs.  ami  ili  — 
Iiiii'siii"  wlialMMi'i  w''  shall  Iia|i|trii  to  Ixt  cxiiriiili  d  laid  tnitli  or  di.s- 
Iturssi'd  Cnr  and  towards  llii>  iilantini;  i^  Iiii^liandiii;^r  of  llir  said  Hand 
w"'  tliaiiii'^tfrifii's,  And  for  and  towards  llir  l-jTrlini,'  of  lialtilaiMiiis  or 
l)uildiii<;s  tliiM'd  vnlill  tlir  sanir  lie  ilividfil  ao  afnn'said,  sliallir  Ixiriii' ami 
paid  lii'lvvt'ciii'  tlu!  said  pailii-s.  in  lliis  .soitc  (vi/).  tliicc  parlis,  liy  tlii» 
said  Daiiid  Tlioiiison,  his  luiri's  and  assi;rn('N.  and  tlii'  olhir  liniiclli 
parlr.  liy  tin-  said  Alirahani  C'  '"itr,  Nirholas  Slnrwill  i^  i.rnnard 
I'onirrio   ihi'ir  hriirs  and  a»iiiiirs  "  "  *• 

JtCin,  it  is  farllicr  iiiini'd  liy  and  lii'twrrni^  tlic  said  partii's  to  tlirist) 
p'>ciits,  that  all  lii'nclills  and  prolills  whatsoinrr.  that  >ha!l  or  iiia_\i', 
diiiiiiijc?  the  said  triiiu'  of  li\('  yrarcs  happrii  to  acrri'wr  aiisr  vV;  liiowu 
onto  of  (ir  upon,  the  said  si\o  liundri'd  acres  of  land.  Iir  it  iiiori'  or  lost*, 
and  of  till'  Seas  and  IJivcrs  ihrri'Viito  lulnnuiiiir.  or  liy  tiadini.'.  (ishin;:. 
Srtlinj^iV;^  Si'ilia:^*  of  llir  saiiiu  lamlcs  \'  trncinrnis,  or  any  pa  tic  of  llicin. 
or  liy  any  otlu'r  indnstrio  waies  or  nicancs  whatsiifncr  (the  lishin^'  of 
such  shipp  or  ship|iH  of  the  said  Alirahaiii  Colnirr  Nicholas  Shcrwill  iV; 
liiMiiiard  I'liuici'it!,  or  of  cither  or  any  of  tlicin,  or  of  ciliitr  or  any  of 
their  assijrncs,  sett  forth  uiiely  at  their  costs  and  chariies,  and  wherein 
thi;  said  Dauid  Thomson,  doth  not,  or  will  not.  put  in  his  parli;  of  the 
costs  and  charj,'es,  onely  excepted  iV  foreprised.)  shall  aUo  he  eipiallie 
ilivided  betweeiu;  them  the  parties  to  these  presents  parte  and  parte 
like  ^^         **  ^*         ^^         *^  ^*         ^*         ^*         **         ^*         " 

Jtcni,  it  is  also  agreed  liy  ami  lictweene  the  said  pailie>  to  theis 
j/si-nts,  that  all  lieiiefitts  and  prolits.  that  shsdl  or  inaye,  ilnrinnc  the  >aid 
terme  of  live;  yeares,  happen  to  iiccrewe  aryse  and  j;rowe.  oiite  of  or 
upon,  the  residue  of  the  said,  sixe  thousand  acres  of  land  w"'  app'^lei'ii'iis, 
or  oute  of,  or  upon  the  said  Hand  w"'  tiiapp'^teiirics  shallie  devided  into 
foure  parts  Whereof  the  said  Dauid  'riiomson  his  hcires  and  assii:iies 
shall  haue  throe  partes.  And  the  said  Aliraham  Coliner  Nicholas  Sher- 
will.and  Leonard  I'omery  their  heires  ifc  assiiiiies  shall  haue  th'olher 
foureth  parte,  wVnb  that  every  of  them,  shall  and  will  vpon  reasonaMe 
reipiest,  delyuer  to  th'other  a  iiiste  it  perfect  accoinpt  of  his   receipt> 


*  Obscure  ;  "  Sctlint,'  "  may  be  tlic  won!  iiiteiulcil, 
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lik  |>:i)ini'iit.H  i*(»tin'iiiiii«  till'  prcmis-^'s  '2Vllb  i^r  tlif  true  pfrformiiiici' ot 
till  iiiiil  Niii;.'ii!t'i',  llii>  Nitid  I'uvt-iiiuiiilH  iiiiil  iii;i'oi'iiit'iili4,  cilliiM'  of  tlio  nuiil 

IMIlic-   liltnlclli   llilllxlf  In   iIi'iiIImT  llllllly   l>y   ll|t-.('   |iri'^r|ll'<  "  "  * 

ilit  luiltiu'o  u)l);arcot  ilir  «!iiil  itmiirt  iiiiiii-liaiixililii''  >'•  dx'!^  ii'mihi 

t'DVcirfiU  liiili'iiinl,  tlii-ii-  liKinlcH  ami  M-ulvti  liaint  M-ti.ncoUCU  tlir  iliiyi) 
lUitl  yiiu't!  tllrnt  abotiit  wryKi-it  '!^mioq.  Dili-  l*'-2 

ji  me  [Ahniliaiii]  t  Culiiior  {>  rnv.  Niiliolas  Slicrwill   Lrununl  I'oinury 


[Kiulorxcd] 
Sralcd  aiitl  <ii>lyiiurci|  in  pWiitM  of 

.liillll    (rnwt'll 

Tc^tc    lilt!     'I'llO.    fill-'' 

T.'SK!  Ililiror    null 

Miclmrl    Iln-i'iii;:! 


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*  'I'lic  iiivcrti"!  I'liiiiin.'ii  lictwci'ii  llu-  iiiiriiiiraplit  in  tin-  Icxt  rciircm-iit 
niiiiilMi'  iii:irk<  III  tli(>  iiri^riiiiil  iiHlriiiiicnt,  iiiteii(li>i|  to  till  itp  tin*  ^piiccM  imt  writ- 
ti'ii  ii|iiiii.      Niiiliiii^  is  iiiiiitlcil, 

I  Till'  Cliii^liaii  ii.iiiii' lit'  iMi'li  si;,'nor  was  writlt'M  ii|"iii  ilic  lliivi'  tnui  iii»i'rti'ii 
iiitu  I  lie  |>an'liiiii'iit  liv  an  incision  iiiailo  in  il  in  tlic  ii^iial  way.  'I'lic  ta^'  on 
wliicli  ("oliiKT  wruii'  is  K'>ii''.  ^"  'li'il  III''  'li"''t  nami'  liiM'e  is  wanting.',  'riicrc  arc 
III)  sfuU  :  tliL'  Ui'^i  rciiiaiaiiit;  iiru  cut  ulT  cvt'ii  with  the  lower  iiiarj;iu  of  tliu  parch- 
tneiit. 

(  "  Mii'liai'l  Ilerriii,!,  of  I.onilon,"  was  a  souiii-law  of  Nii'liolus  Sherwill,  nn 
appiar>  hy  an  ali»ti'act  of  S||i.f\vill'n  will,  proveil  H  .luiu',  It'ili'.i,  kiiiilly  sent  to 
ine  liy  Ml'.  'I.  1/  Cliesii'P,  ol'  Lonldii,  siini-  thesr  notfs  were  in  type.  Mr.  Clies- 
ter  has  iil«o  sent  ine  ali^traets  ot'  the  wills  ol'  Alii'ahani  ("ohncr  ami  l.eonaril 
I'oinery  ;  that  of  tiie  foriiier  iiroveil  "J'J  Nov.,  M:!!,  ami  the  latter  :>i»  . March, 
lii'J'.t.  It  appears  lliat  llie  ship  •' I'roviilence  "  was  owiieil  liy  I'oinery.  TiieHe 
wills  throw  no  ailililinnai  il.>lit  i>n  the  transactions  ut' lliesi- niercliaiits  with  l>aviil 
ThdiU'Oii,  aiiil  no  t'urlhcr  ilocuuiciits  as  yet  have  rewiirilcil  imiuiry, 


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ADDKNDA. 


A  ri'l'fivi t(»   r)\vii>    TiioMHov.   wlii.'li    iicrliaii-   -liniil.l   nut   !..• 

.,inltt.''l  ll'Tc.  i^  fnlllHl  ill  'ninlii:i,  Mulloir,  "NrW  Kimli^ll  Cilllililh." 
,,„l,li,l,...l  il.  |(;.!7.  lit  tllr  .'Ins..  nf  .lllll.trr  -J.  wllirl,  tivill,  Oltl.r 
()ri;iilll.l  nf  llic  Nlllis.-:  ••'I'linctuiv.  sinrr  I  li;.\.'  Illl.l  ill''  ll|il.r..llll- 
liuirof:-ir  ('hriM..|.lHT  (;;.nlih.T.  Kiiiuht.im  iil.I.-  -.•iillmui.  Unit  livr.l 
aiiH.li-  th.'iu.  ,..h1  of  Davia  'rn.n|,v,..,  a  Smtli^l.  -.•htlnnaii.  thai  like 
SUM',  wus  .M.iiv.'isi.Ml  Willi  ll.n,r  ,M.n|,l...  l.nlli  x'lmlar,  aii.l  travrll.Ts 
(h„t,  w.'ir  .liliii.'iil    il.   Uikhv^  iM.ti f   ill.".'  tliin-i^.  a>   inni  uf  - I 


1  :im  liiilil  Id Ill' 

II 


juil;iiiH'iit.  . 

of  Ni'W  KiiuIiiimI   iiiiiv  Im'    vfll   cuiij.'i 


'rrojaiis."  iV:r.      Morton  cam. 
lirif  iilto.'i'tlifr  -oiiif  ten  ycarH. 


tlial  111''  ..liuiiial  ..f  ill''  Nativt!^ 

•Ini'i'il    to    l>i'    tVoiil   til.'   ^(■att^•l■t•ll 

v.T  to  N.'W  I'iiiulainl  ill  1 '>•-'■-'.  ami  liv'l 


